Thursday 10 October 2013

The Story Of Medical Marijuana: From 3000BC Till Present

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By Smokey Joe

Businesses take advantage from various advertising options. Few take aid from web`s marketing, affiliate promotions along with advertising related to networks. Many Chinese and Asian relics found in grave sites and funeral spots contained weed leaves and resin. Aside from Chinese and eastern Asian regions, the ancient text "Vedas" mentions a plant that was worshiped and considered a medical relief. "Soma" is associated to weed by many proponents of text. Weed is found naturally in the Himalayan mountain range, and is consumed and exported as a money crop. Areas that are associated with native pot production include Nepal, India, Kashmir, and Pakistan.

People have used weed for meditational purposes since traditional times. Many Nepali priests still meditate using the plant, which helps them purify their mind and use it for concentration. It's been used as a medical herb through its history. Its established usage started with the export of weed seeds and plants for medicinal purposes to northwards African regions, where it then made its way to Europe. This trade dates back as early as 500 A.D. In the western world, it was employed as a dependable source of fiber. Weed plants were cultivated in abundance in the tough times of World War Ii as the provision of hemp to the western world from Asiatic sources was halted due to tensions made by the war.

In the 19th century, many literary classics mention marijuana and try to describe its mental effects, the trance it prompts, and how it is consumed, Les Paradis Artificiels by Charles Baudelaire and The Hasheesh Eater by Fitz Hugh Ludlow are well-liked examples of such literature.

In the United States, weed was employed as a pharmaceutical till 1942. It was used as a prescription drug to ease work pains, revulsion, and fits. Many individuals used it for its intoxicating effects as well , even at that point. A campaign was launched by the Bureau of Narcotics that portrayed weed use as addictive and a potent mind stimulator. This finally gave birth to one of the most unproductive indoctrination films, Reefer Madness, which was produced by a church group. In the 1950s it was employed by beatniks as a stimulator, while in the 1960s it was employed by hippies as a way to battle with "The Man". This was when Buddhist/south Asian influence was high in music and literature of that time, and many individuals were rebelling against war and adopting a more peaceful lifestyle by meditating with weed. Int the Buddhist way of living, the adoptation of marijuana use like their Buddhist teachers (as mentioned above) was natural.

In the 1970s, weed was classified a schedule I drug, which basically meant it was one of the most abused drugs and had no medical benefits whatsoever. The majority of the weed made its way through the southern border of US from Mexico, but political pressures and actions by authorities ceased the trade to a significant extent. In the 1980s, the Reagan administration applied a zero tolerance policy which eradicated all of the drug trade from the southern borders, which resulted in indoor cultivation. California turned into a hotbed for marijuana production. These stern policies resulted in decreased weed usage in the late 1980s. Weed was legal in India till 1980s, although it was made illegal by political pressure from the U. S. and the administration's harsh policies. The 1990's once again saw an increase in marijuana consumption, especially amongst high school scholars.

Since the 1990s, debates about the medical properties and potential use of the plant have happened all around the country, leading over 15 states in the US to either legalize its medical usage or decriminalize it.

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