Appendix: Cannabis Timeline

• Author: James G. Wigmore
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Appendix: Cannabis Timeline

 BCE Cannabis seeds are f‌irst used for food in China .

 BCE Hemp textiles are made in China.

 BCE First recorded use of cannabis as medicine is made in China .

CE It is recorded in Imperial Rome that cannabis was sometime s

given to promote hilarity and enjoyment.

 The Suf‌i mystic Haydar allegedly invents hashish and become s

talkative.

s Venice controls hemp production as a basis of naval power.

 King Henry VIII f‌ines farmers who do not raise hemp.

 Cannabis sativa is described and classif‌ied by Carolus Linnaeus .

 Cannabis indica is described and classif‌i ed by Jean-Baptiste

Lamarck.

 Eli Whitney invents cotton gin, which separ ates cotton f‌ibre

from seeds and makes cotton cheaper for sails, rope, and cloth

than hemp.

 Napoleon invades Egypt and his troops s tart to use cannabis and

bring it back to France, despite Napoleon’s ban on it.

 Irish physician William O’Shaughnessy publishes his cannabis

research in medical journals.

 Cannabis is added to the US Pharmacopeia.