Articles tagged with "history"

Cannabis has gone through a hell of a journey to accomplish legal-ish status—but we’re still calling it by the name beloved by those who banned it: “marijuana.”

In the middle 19th century, Paris functioned as the epicenter of an international movement to medicalize hashish.

Human cannabis use goes back 10,000 years. Check out our list of ancient cultures who got high and the methods they used.

Probably not, as it turns out.

And why this little fact matters.

Who invented the dab? All too often in the world of cannabis, such monumental achievements end up lost to history. But in this case, we actually have an unlikely government document to work off.

Using a database of fossil pollen studies, researchers believe the cradle of cannabis may have been on the Tibetan Plateau.

Cannabis was burned in a wooden brazier to comfort the bereaved at an ancient burial site in China’s Eastern Pamir region.

Three farmers from across the nation share their thoughts on Canada’s legal market.

Fifty years ago, in a campaign for sheriff, Hunter Thompson called for cannabis legalization, aggressive environmental protection, and an end to abusive policing and corruption in government. We should have listened.