Cannabis as Medicine
The use of cannabis has a lot of negative connotations. The word cannabis often conjures up images of illicit or illegal activities. However, it is also a sort of miracle medicine that can be broadly applicable to nearly any condition, disorder, or disease. So if you actually have something that cannabis as medicine can treat there is no reason to be afraid to try it. We no longer live in the 1930s "Reefer Madness" society, and therefore we should no longer give in to hysteria fueled by outdated propaganda. This article will show you where that hysteria comes from, how other people have used pot for centuries to treat various medical conditions, and how you can effectively use it yourself as medicine. After all, the only real side effect of cannabis as medicine is an empty fridge!
Cannabis comes to the USA
During the 1920s, Mexican immigrants who came to the U.S. after the Mexican Revolution created an increase in recreational cannabis as medicine use. In 1930, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics was formed, (The agency eventually became the Drug Enforcement Agency, or DEA) and in 1936 the famous propaganda movie called Reefer Madness was released. In case you've never seen it, the movie basically states that if you smoke pot you'll go insane and have very violent tendencies.
This created a sort of weed hysteria all through the land with the uneducated masses actually believing that you could get so high that it would make you want to jump out of a window thinking you could fly. The propaganda and hysteria led the way for the introduction of Federal sentences for possession of pot in the 1950s. In the 1960s, the effects of cannabis as medicine were studied and it was found to be safe, so by the '70s the government passed laws that differentiated it from harmful drugs and also decriminalized it. But then Ronald Reagan started his "War on Drugs" campaign in 1986, returning maximum Federal sentences.
Historic Origins
The Western Hemisphere wasn't even introduced to cannabis as medicine until the mid-1800s, which as youâll see was fairly late compared to other countries. An Irish doctor named William Brook O'Shaughnessy went on a trip to India and saw weed being used medicinally. So, he studied it while he was there and found out what it can do. He brought it back with him to England and
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