Marijuana's History: How One Plant Spread Through the World

[yuiyoshida]

From the sites where prehistoric hunters and gatherers lived, to ancient China and Viking ships, cannabis has been used across the world for ages, and a new report presents the drug's colorful history.

In the report, author Barney Warf describes how cannabis use originated thousands of years ago in Asia, and has since found its way to many regions of the world, eventually spreading to the Americas and the United States.

"For the most part, it was widely used for medicine and spiritual purposes," during pre-modern times, said Warf, a professor of geography at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. For example, the Vikings and medieval Germans used cannabis for relieving pain during childbirth and for toothaches, he said.


From the sites where prehistoric hunters and gatherers lived, to ancient China and Viking ships, cannabis has been used across the world for ages, and a new report presents the drug's colorful history.

In the report, author Barney Warf describes how cannabis use originated thousands of years ago in Asia, and has since found its way to many regions of the world, eventually spreading to the Americas and the United States.



https://www.livescience.com/48337-marijuana-history-how-cannabis-travelled-world.html

[JuJuYoshida]

1. Weed goes WAY back! Cheers to China!

[SCantiGOP]

2. And I think that

weed was used extensively in my dorm at college but I was too stoned to remember for sure.

[TeamPooka]

3. Grows like a weed.

[GWC58]

4. And it only took one vile and evil man

to stop it. I’m, of course, speaking of Henry “Harry” Jacob Anslinger. Not happy with having it banned in America that lousy piece of shit took it worldwide when he went to the U.N. To this day we still fall under the outdated Single Convention. The Madness continues!