By Matthew Carr In the U.S., cannabis was a patent medicine during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was first described in the United States Pharmacopeia in 1850.
It’s a plant older than humanity. Unfortunately, it got caught up in some bad publicity.
It was demonized in the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. By 1942, cannabis was struck from the Pharmacopeia. And penalties for possessing marijuana increased in 1951, 1956 and 1970 with the Controlled Substances Act.
But the end of nearly a century of prohibition is winding down. Cannabis has found a new lease on life today.
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