Marijuana - An Interesting History

A sadhu smoking weed

Hemp Fiber

:The use of cannabis can be traced to 10,000 years back, it was then used by central and South Asians for producing fibre called hemp.
:Evidence of the inhalation of cannabis smoke can be found in the 3rd millennium B.C., as indicated by charred cannabis seeds found in
a ritual brazier at an ancient burial site in present day Romania.
:Cannabis was also used by ancient Hindus for religious rituals.
:The herb was called ganjika in Sanskrit and ganja in Hindi.
:It has also been mentioned in the Vedas as a sacred intoxicating hallucinogen,as soma(an ancient drug).
:Its psycoactive properties has been discovered by Aryans who used it in religious ceremonies to induce a state of trance.
:Cannabis is also belived to be used by muslims in various sufi orders.
:Pipes dug up from the garden of Shakespeare's home in Stratford upon Avon contained traces of cannabis.The "noted weed" mentioned in Sonnet 76 and the
"journey in my head" from Sonnet 27 could be references to cannabis and the use thereof.
:In the 1800's Napoleon introduced it to Europe.The Europeans were said to fancy Cannabis over alcohol because it caused them no hangover.
:Queen Victoria of Paris used to use Cannabis to relieve her menstrual cramps.
:In the 1920's smoking saloons emerged in New Orleans U.S.
It was said that jazz and weed go perfectly together and joints were sold like cigarettes in jazz clubs.

Marijuana

Marijuana

Marijuana(mari-hu-ana) also known as ganja,weed,grass,pot etc is a psychoactive drug synthesised from  the cannabis plant
Cannabis(Cán-na-bis) is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative species namely-
:Cannabis Sativa
:Cannabis Indica
:Cannabis Ruderalis
out of which cannabis sativa is used for preparation of psychoactive drugs
These 3 plants are indigenous to Central and South Asia however other hybrid species are grown worlwide.
Cannabis has been there since 3000 BC and was used for making fibre(hemp) and religious and spiritual practices especially by hindus.
Use of marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes has been started lately.
The major psychoactive chemical compound in cannabis is Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
along with 66 other cannabinoids present in cannabis, including cannabidiol (CBD), cannabinol (CBN) and tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) etc
The amount of THC in marijuana determines the drug’s strength, and THC levels are affected by many factors, including plant type, weather,
soil, and time of harvest. Sophisticated cannabis cultivation of today produces high levels of THC in marijuana that is far more potent than the past.
THC content of marijuana, which averaged less than 1 percent in 1974, rose to an average 4 percent by 1994.
For the highly popular form of marijuana called Sinsemilla (from the Spanish "without seeds"), made from just the buds and flowering tops of female plants,
THC content averages 7.5 percent and ranges as high as 24 percent.
As for hash(hashish), a resin made from flowers of the female plant, THC levels may be 5 to 10 times higher than crude marijuana’s.

Stoner's Anthem

Stoners live & stoners die ,

but in the end v all get high.

So if in life u dont succeed ,

f**k it all & smoke some weed.

Sex, drugs, rock n roll ,

speed ,weed, birth control.

Life is a bitch & then v die,

so f**k it all & lets get high.

I am sayin dis poem to make a point,

life is  a bitch without a joint.

Weed is a plant that grows in ground,

if god didnt liked it , it wouldn't b found.

So tell all those who dont get high ,

to shut d f**k up and give it a try.