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From ‘Reefer Madness’ to Legal Weed: a history

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 10/02/2015 - 08:45

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s true. Marijuana is legal in Oregon.

Oregon is now the 4th state – along with Colorado, Washington and Alaska — to legalize the weed that has been the source of so many studies, so many words and so many arrests over the past 8 decades.

A map of marijuana laws in the US (Governing.com)

A map of marijuana laws in the US (Governing.com)

How did marijuana get here?

A study by University of Kansas Professor Barney Warf said the Vikings and medieval Germans used marijuana for pain relief, including childbirth and toothaches.

Both hemp and pot were widely used in ancient China as far back as 4000 BC. Marijuana arrived in Korea around 2000 BC, then South Asia no later than 1000 BC. When it arrived in India, it was used as one of “”five kingdoms of herbs...

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