Marijuana

Marijuana

History & Relevance of Marijuana

Early Use of Marijuana

The early use of marijuana was associated with the achievement of euphoria. It served as an agent to attain euphoria among the people described by the Chinese medical reference which dates back to around 2737 B. C. (Goode, 2009). The use of marijuana was widespread from China to other places such as India and North Africa. After that it reached Europe during the 500 A. D. The marijuana is obtained through the cannabis products and marijuana plant. The initial direct reference of the use of marijuana and cannabis product as an agent for driving psychoactive exposure is considered to be the time 2737 B. C. (Goode, 2009). It was recorded by an emperor of China named Shen Nung. Initially, the focus of the power derived from marijuana was on the medication purposes that could serve as remedy against the malaria, gout, rheumatism and diseases like absent mindedness. The cultivation of the plants of cannabis, marijuana and hemp is being done for around ten thousand years. Earlier, it was used to make pottery by pressing its fibers and after that it was used for weaving into the clothes, sails and rope. After some time, the use of marijuana was associated with the treatment and remedies area and it was widely considered to be a medicine to treat a number of disease and ailments among the people. In fact, the marijuana is also used as an herbal remedy in today's world. Despite of the popular negative impacts of the marijuana herb, around 150, 000 patients in California alone have a legal registration to use marijuana drug for the treatment of certain diseases (Earlywine, 2002).

Marijuana as a recreational substance in early times

The marijuana was also used as a recreational element in early days. The recreational use of marijuana is still popular in a number of areas around the world. It is used as a recreational substance because it leads to the intoxication or it makes a person feel high. The recreational aspect of marijuana is associated with India where it was first introduced as a recreational substance. The recreational aspect was transmitted from India to Persia and then it was widespread into the Arab countries. The estimated time period by archeologists is around four million years. However, in the western area, the use of marijuana as a recreational substance dates back only to around two centuries. During the mid of 1800s, some of the intellectual and literary figures of France such as Theophile Gautier, Alexander Dumas and Charles Baudelaire who were the members of the hashish club, performed the analysis of the hashish that is a form of marijuana. They analyzed the hashish and wrote their experiences regarding the effects of marijuana and hashish in a literary way that was exaggerated and presented in a melodramatic form. The use of marijuana as a drug did not take significant popularity in those days in Europe particularly during the 20th century (Iverseb, ...