on and Bakalar, Pg.1). Cultivation of the plant has become more and more of a problem in recent years due to the widespread popularity of marijuana.Cannabis may have been cultivated as long as ten thousand years ago. It was certainly cultivated in China by 4000 B.C. and in Turkestan by 3000 B.C. where it was mainly used as a sedative and analgesic. It has long been used as a medicine in India, China, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South Africa, and South America. Nevertheless, according to Grinspoon and Bakalar cannabis didn’t make its way into the United States until 1842 when,” Doctors in Europe and the United States began to prescribe it for a variety of physical conditions. It was listed in the United States Dispensatory in 1854 (with a warning that large doses were dangerous and that it was a powerful "narcotic"). Commercial cannabis preparations could be bought in drug stores. During the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia, some pharmacists carried ten pounds or more of hashish (4).” Though this seems unheard of today, at this point in time it was very common. There were too many remedies and uses of marijuana during this time period to mention, so it was decided to leave as many out of the paper as possible. Today there are also many ways in which marijuana can be used to accommodate those who are severely ill. In an article in the 1999 January edition of High Times Muddy Webster says, “The American Cancer Society, the American Glaucoma Society, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the American Medical Association all agree that there is some evidence that use of marijuana as a medicine has merit.” (High Times Magazine, Pg.30) Though much different from the treatment used over a century ago, cannabis is still a remedy for many sicknesses. According to information from The American Public Health Association, received from the site &#...
