2727 BC
China begins using cannabis as a medicine.
500 AD
Cannabis reaches Europe through India an Africa.
1492
Christopher Columbus brings cannabis sativa to the new world.
1494
Hemp paper industry starts in England.
1563
Queen Elizabeth will fine land owners of more than 60 acres 5 pounds if not growing hemp.
1619
Jamestown colony laws: Requires all settlers to grow cannabis.
1637
The General Court of Hartford, Connecticut, orders all families plant one teaspoon of cannabis seed.
1791
President Washington sets duties on hemp to encourage domestic industry. "make the most of the Indian Hemp seed".... President George Washington. (Library of USA Congress 1794 vol. 33 p.270). President Jefferson calls hemp a necessity and urges farmers to grow hemp instead of tobacco.
1637
The General Court of Hartford, Connecticut, orders all families plant one teaspoon of cannabis seed.
1791
President Washington sets duties on hemp to encourage domestic industry. "make the most of the Indian Hemp seed".... President George Washington. (Library of USA Congress 1794 vol. 33 p.270). President Jefferson calls hemp a necessity and urges farmers to grow hemp instead of tobacco.
1797
The main crop at Mount Vernon Is cannabis.
1876
The sultan of Turkey gives the U.S. marijuana as gifts.
1880
Turkish smoking parlors open up all over the Northeast.
1891
Queen Victoria is prescribed cannabis to relieve menstrual cramps.
1908
Henry Ford's first model T is made from hemp plastic and runs off of hemp ethanol.
1937
Federal Law bans marijuana.
1942
The U.S. military uses marijuana as the truth serum.
1965
1 million people have smoked cannabis.
1968
Campaign to stop US soldiers in Vietnam from taking cannabis - they switched to heroin.
1968
Campaign to stop US soldiers in Vietnam from taking cannabis - they switched to heroin.
1972
24 million people have tried it.
1975
A study published in a 1975 edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, which showed that THC slowed the growth of lung cancer, breast cancer and virus-induced leukemia in rats.
1975
A study published in a 1975 edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, which showed that THC slowed the growth of lung cancer, breast cancer and virus-induced leukemia in rats.
1980's
The Reagen administration begins the war on drugs. Every 38 second's someone is arrested for cannabis.
1996
Proposition 215 passes in California making medical marijuana legal.
2007
Harvard study shows that the Delta-tetrahydrocannabinol THC the active ingredient in marijuana, cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and reduces the ability of the cancer to spread,
2007
Harvard study shows that the Delta-tetrahydrocannabinol THC the active ingredient in marijuana, cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and reduces the ability of the cancer to spread,
Currently
Cannabis is Americas biggest cash crop at 36 billion + a year.
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