matter. It is still Cannabis Sativa, or cannabis for short. And it is

still illegal. The use of marijuana as an intoxicant in the United

States became a problem of public concern in the 1930s. Regulatory

laws were passed in 1937, and criminal penalties were instituted for

possession and sale of the drug. "Marijuana" refers to the dried

leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, which contains the

non-narcotic chemical THC at various potencies. It is smoked or eaten

to produce the feeling of being "high." The different strains of this

herb produce different sensual effects, ranging from a sedative to a

The term "marijuana" is a word with indistinct origins. Some

believe it is derived from the Mexican words for "Mary Jane"; others

hold that the name comes from the Portuguese word marigu-ano, which

means "intoxicant". The use of marijuana in the 1960's might lead one

to surmise that marihuana use spread explosively. The chronicle of its

3,000 year history, however, shows that this "explosion" has been

characteristic only of the contemporary scene. The plant has been

grown for fiber and as a source of me

a society by punishing sick people and putting them through an already

thousand year history of medical use and that a prescription drug is

fuel, in fact it is used in professional automobile races. It may

Attempts at legalizing marijuana in the US going on for a long

potentially harmful to the brain and body and the same number of

entered the United States in the early decades of this century.

of argument - that all these medical marijuana patients are just

medicines much longer than that. Marijuana appears in almost every

called 'biomass' fuels. This charcoal may be burned in today's

asthma, pruritis, sclerodoma, severe pain, and dystonia. This list

AIDS treatment), glaucoma, depression, epilepsy, migraine headaches,

stems. Also cannabis, as any other biomass fuels, are clean burning

themselves-what benefit is there to prosecuting sick people?"

known book of medicine written by ancient scholars and wise men. It is

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