History of Cannabis Part One!

6/18/2018

PRIOR TO 1937,
CANNABIS ENJOYED A 5000 YEAR HISTORY AS A THERAPEUTIC AGENT ACROSS MANY CULTURES

HEMP ACTIVITST - ROBERT DEITCH wrote that early Chinese civilizations, circa 2900B.C., made reference to 'Ma', the Chinese word for cannabis. He goes on to state, "Cannabis was very popular medicine that possessed both yin and yang." Robert Deitch Biography

More than 5,000 years ago!

3650 years ago, circa 1450 B.C. - References in the book of Exodus mention annointed oil containing a variety of herbs and herbal extracts including Kaneh-bosem (cannabis). The ancient ones were well annointed!

3650 years ago

Harvesting the fragrant cane! Kaneh-bosem in Hebrew, Cannabis to us! Over three thousand years ago!

3300 years ago

"Cannabis pollen is found on the mummy of Ramesses II who died in 1213 BC. Prescriptions for cannabis in Ancient Egypt include treatment for the eyes (glaucoma), inflammation, and cooling the uterus, as well as administering enemas." (L. Manniche PhD n.d.)

According to the US National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, by 1000 BC a drink called "Bhang" contained a misture of cannabis and Milk. It was used as an anesthetic, and anti-phlegmatic in India.

3100 years ago

2800 years ago

Persian Prophet and Philosopher Zoroaster
Source: foreignpolicyjournal.com (accessed July 21, 2011)
"The Venidad, one of the volumes of the Zend-Avesta, the ancient Persian religious text written around the seventh century BC purportedly by Zoroaster (or Zarathustra), the founder of Zoroastrianism, and heavily influenced by the Vedas, mentions bhang and lists cannabis as the most important of 10,000 medicinal plants." (M. Booth, 2005)

References

Chris Bennett  "Was Jesus a Stoner?," High Times Magazine, Feb. 10, 2003

Lise Manniche, PhD  An Ancient Egyptian Herbal, 1989

Martin Booth  Cannabis: A History, 2005

ProCon.org. (2011, September 14). Robert Deitch. Retrieved from http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.source.php?sourceID=11036

Shannon Kari  "Cannabis Involved in Christ's Anointment?," National Post, Apr. 22, 2010

US National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse  "Marihuana, A Signal of Misunderstanding," druglibrary.org, 1972

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Ayodele Awo

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