The story of medical
marijuana has come full circle. From a tumultuous period of
prohibition and outlawing, renewed interest in making the drug legal
for medicinal use once more has resurged in the 1970s. It basically
ended more than 60 years of prohibiting marijuana, which began when
Massachusetts became the first state to outlaw it in 1911.
By “full circle,”
however, it means modern society’s take on medical marijuana
returned to the pre-prohibition period. Records of marijuana use for
treating ailments existed as early as 2900 B.C., particularly during
the Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Fu Xi described cannabis (“ma” in
Chinese) to “possess both yin and yang.” The Chinese are known
for taking yin and yang seriously.
