Marijuana history

Wiesbeck GA, Shuckit MA, Kalmijn JA, et al An evaluation of the history of a marijuana withdrawal syndrome in a large population. Addiction 91 1469-1478, 1996... 

This was a 19-year-old white single female with a 5-year history of chronic, moderate PCP use and heavy marijuana/alcohol abuse. 

Ketamine is often taken with other drugs, such as cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, and Ecstasy, which greatly increases the risk for overdose. Ketamine tends to be taken by people with a history of experimenting with numerous other drugs. Ketamine is also occasionally taken by physicians and veterinarians, who have easy access to the drug and want to experiment with its psychedelic effects. 

Himmelstein, Jerome L. The Strange Career of Marijuana Politics and Ideology and Drug Control in America. Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press, 1983. Drawing on both popular culture and official reports, the author provides an intriguing history of how law and policy about marijuana were shaped since the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. 

David E Musto Interview. Frontline, PBS Online. Available online. URL http //www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/interviews/musto. html. Posted in 1998. An eminent historian of drug use and drug policy in the United States provides an overview of the remarkable history of marijuana in America. It includes the activities of Harry Anslinger, the... 

Zeese, Kevin B. Research Findings on Medicinal Properties ofMarijuana. Medical MJ Science.org. Available online. URL http //www.medmjscience. org/Pages/history/zeese.bhtml. Downloaded January 8, 2004. An attorney and advocate involved in federal marijuana rescheduling cases summarizes the history of medicinal use of marijuana and describes major research studies that have tended to confirm the medical value of marijuana for certain conditions such as anorexia, nausea, and glaucoma. 

Humans have a long history of use of stimulant and mind-altering substances. Tea, coffee, alcohol, tobacco, opium, cocaine, marijuana, and a host of... 

Masto, D.F. Opium and Marijuana in American History," Sci. Amer., 40 (July, 1991). 

Eight healthy male subjects with a mean age of 34.1 years volunteered for this study. During their participation in the study, they resided on a clinical research unit. The subjects had extensive histories of illicit drug use that included recent ingestion (within the past 2 years) of opiates, marijuana, stimulants, alcohol, and sedative-hypnotics, although they were not dependent on any drug (except nicotine). 

Cannabis, also called marijuana, whether ingested or smoked, has a long history of reportedly safe and effective use in the treatment and prophylaxis of migraine. 

Ephedra has a long history of legal use in the United States and around the world. Today, the laws that apply to ephedra cover sales, formulation, and labeling by manufacturers they do not outlaw its use by consumers as with street drugs such as marijuana and cocaine. Because ephedrine can be used to manufacture methamphetamine, companies that sell bulk ephedrine and ephedrine tablets are subject to laws... 

Let s take a quick look at hemp and marijuana through American history, beginning with the colonists fresh from their trip from England. 

D. F. Musto, Opium, cocaine and marijuana in American history, Scientific American, 40 (July 1991). 

The legal history of marijuana laws is unusual. The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 established the federal prohibition of marijuana. The drug was placed in Schedule I, which defines a substance as having a high potential for abuse, a lack of accepted safety for use under supervision, and no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. Doctors are banned from writing prescriptions for marijuana. Opiate-based medications, which are stronger than marijuana, are in Schedule II and were never banned.,—... 

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