The History of Medical Marijuana can be traced back 27,000 years. Since then, many civilizations have depended on it for many things. One of the most important things was it’s medicinal value. It has been discovered that the Ancient Egyptians, Chinese and many other cultures used cannabis for many medicinal purposes including childbirth, depression and nausea.
Cannabis continued to be widely used for medicinal purposes in the United States until a law was passed making it illegal in 1937 despite the overwhelming evidence supporting it’s medicinal values. Some diseases known to benefit from the use of Medicinal Marijuana include brain cancer, HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, lung cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, Crohn’s Disease, and depression.
Even though Francis L. Young, the DEA’s Chief Administrative Law Judge, ruled that Marijuana in its natural form is one of the safest active substances known and polls showed that 73 percent of Americans supported legalizing it for medicinal purposes, red tape prevailed and patients were still unable to acquire it legally.
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October 29, 2009
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