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<blockquote data-quote="Charles" data-source="post: 239336"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (St Helens RLFC @ Jan 22 2009, 01:06 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=372586" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p></p><p>When does this "always" begin ?</p><p></p><p></p><p>From Wikipedia</p><p>Under the name <em>cannabis</em>, 19th century medical practitioners sold the drug, (usually as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tincture" target="_blank">tincture</a>) popularizing the word amongst English-speakers. It was rumored that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">Queen Victoria</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual" target="_blank">menstrual</a> pains were treated with cannabis, because her personal physician, Sir John Russell Reynolds, wrote an article in the first edition of the medical journal <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancet" target="_blank">The Lancet</a></em> about the benefits of cannabis.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis#cite_note-Reynolds-0" target="_blank">[1]</a></sup> In 1894, the <em>Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission</em> commissioned by the UK Secretary of State and the government of India, was instrumental in the decision not to criminalize the drug in those countries.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[2]</a></sup> From 1906 different states in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> started to implement regulations for sales of <em>Cannabis indica</em>. In 1925 a change of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Opium_Convention" target="_blank">International Opium Convention</a><sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[3]</a></sup> banned exportation of <em>Indian hemp</em> to countries that have prohibited its use, and requiring importing countries to issue certificates approving the importation and stating that the shipment was required "exclusively for medical or scientific purposes."</p><p></p><p> In 1937 the F.D. Roosevelt administration crafted <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Marihuana_Tax_Act" target="_blank">1937 Marihuana Tax Act</a> the first national US law making cannabis possession illegal in the US via an unpayable tax on the drug.</p><p></p><p> The name <em>marijuana</em> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Spanish" target="_blank">Mexican Spanish</a> <em>marihuana</em>, <em>mariguana</em>) is associated almost exclusively with the plant's psychoactive use. The term is now well known in English largely due to the efforts of American drug prohibitionists during the 1920s and 1930s, which deliberately used a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican" target="_blank">Mexican</a> name for cannabis in order to turn the populace against the idea that it should be legal, playing upon attitudes towards the nationality. (<em>See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Marihuana_Tax_Act" target="_blank">1937 Marihuana Tax Act</a></em>). Those who demonized the drug by calling it marihuana omitted the fact that the "deadly marihuana" was identical to cannabis indica, which had at the time a reputation for pharmaceutical safety.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[4]</a></sup> It must however be noted that <em>cannabis indica</em> in the 1930s had lost most of its former popularity as a medical drug.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[5]</a></sup></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Also what is not written here is that hemp is a way better fiber than cotton (cheaper, more solid), and the plantations in Jamaica were an unwelcomed concurrent to the US cotton. Thus the banning.</p><p></p><p>I'm with Steve-o on this one. Stay away from powder or pills, and be sensible in your use. I mean alcohol is legal and not everybody becomes alcoholic right ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles, post: 239336"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (St Helens RLFC @ Jan 22 2009, 01:06 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=372586']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> When does this "always" begin ? From Wikipedia Under the name [i]cannabis[/i], 19th century medical practitioners sold the drug, (usually as a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tincture"]tincture[/url]) popularizing the word amongst English-speakers. It was rumored that [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom"]Queen Victoria[/url]'s [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual"]menstrual[/url] pains were treated with cannabis, because her personal physician, Sir John Russell Reynolds, wrote an article in the first edition of the medical journal [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancet"]The Lancet[/url][/i] about the benefits of cannabis.<sup>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis#cite_note-Reynolds-0"][1][/url]</sup> In 1894, the [i]Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission[/i] commissioned by the UK Secretary of State and the government of India, was instrumental in the decision not to criminalize the drug in those countries.<sup>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis#cite_note-1"][2][/url]</sup> From 1906 different states in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]United States[/url] started to implement regulations for sales of [i]Cannabis indica[/i]. In 1925 a change of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Opium_Convention"]International Opium Convention[/url]<sup>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis#cite_note-2"][3][/url]</sup> banned exportation of [i]Indian hemp[/i] to countries that have prohibited its use, and requiring importing countries to issue certificates approving the importation and stating that the shipment was required "exclusively for medical or scientific purposes." In 1937 the F.D. Roosevelt administration crafted [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Marihuana_Tax_Act"]1937 Marihuana Tax Act[/url] the first national US law making cannabis possession illegal in the US via an unpayable tax on the drug. The name [i]marijuana[/i] ([url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Spanish"]Mexican Spanish[/url] [i]marihuana[/i], [i]mariguana[/i]) is associated almost exclusively with the plant's psychoactive use. The term is now well known in English largely due to the efforts of American drug prohibitionists during the 1920s and 1930s, which deliberately used a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican"]Mexican[/url] name for cannabis in order to turn the populace against the idea that it should be legal, playing upon attitudes towards the nationality. ([i]See [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Marihuana_Tax_Act"]1937 Marihuana Tax Act[/url][/i]). Those who demonized the drug by calling it marihuana omitted the fact that the "deadly marihuana" was identical to cannabis indica, which had at the time a reputation for pharmaceutical safety.<sup>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis#cite_note-3"][4][/url]</sup> It must however be noted that [i]cannabis indica[/i] in the 1930s had lost most of its former popularity as a medical drug.<sup>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis#cite_note-4"][5][/url]</sup> Also what is not written here is that hemp is a way better fiber than cotton (cheaper, more solid), and the plantations in Jamaica were an unwelcomed concurrent to the US cotton. Thus the banning. I'm with Steve-o on this one. Stay away from powder or pills, and be sensible in your use. I mean alcohol is legal and not everybody becomes alcoholic right ? [/QUOTE]
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