In 1906, President Roosevelt signed the Food and Drug Act (The Wiley Act). This regulated products to be labeled. The goal was that it would prevent the sale of misbranded, poisonous, or adulterated foods, drugs, medicine or liquor. (Part I: The 1906 Food and Drugs Act and Its Enforcement, 2019)
At the turn of the century, India considered Cannabis as one of the more important drugs. (Marijuana Research Findings, n.d.)
In 1611, Jamestown settlers brought hemp to North America. Hemp fiber was an important export throughout the colonial period. In 1762, ‘Virginia awarded bounties for hemp culture and manufacture and imposed penalties on those that did not produce it.” (Segal, 1986)
William Turner, a 16th century naturalist, also considered the first English botanist, discusses uses of Hemp in his book New Herball, published in 1538. (Booth, 2005, #)
Cannabis was used medicinally across the Arabic world in Roman times, applied to a wide variety of ailments (from migraines to syphilis) and as an analgesic and anesthetic. The Islamic physician Rhazès prescribed it widely but Arab physician Ibn Wahshiyah, warned of the potential effects of hashish which he wrote was a lethal poison. (Booth, …
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In ancient Greece, cannabis was used as a remedy for earache, edema, and inflammation (Nahas & Greenwood, n.d.)
The use of cannabis for purposes of healing is believed to have started before recorded history. The earliest written reference is found in the 15th century BC in a Chinese Writing About Medicine (Marijuana Research Findings, n.d.)
