By Nicole Foss, MBA, MSN, RN, NeXtraction04.01.21
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Cannabis* has a colorful history in the U.S. Once widely used as medicine in the 1800s, cannabis underwent a confusing (and racially fueled) re-branding to eventually become a primary target in the “War on Drugs.”
(*Cannabis: Referring to formal naming of flowering annual plant genus within the Cannabaceae family. Can be further defined into species: Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. Cannabis includes both “hemp” and “high-THC” chemovars.)
Initially, sometime around 1911, state-level legislation began prohibiting the cultivation of cannabis which culminated in federal-level prohibition with the passage of the “Marihuana Tax Act” of 1937. Then, as part of the 19
Cannabis* has a colorful history in the U.S. Once widely used as medicine in the 1800s, cannabis underwent a confusing (and racially fueled) re-branding to eventually become a primary target in the “War on Drugs.”
(*Cannabis: Referring to formal naming of flowering annual plant genus within the Cannabaceae family. Can be further defined into species: Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. Cannabis includes both “hemp” and “high-THC” chemovars.)
Initially, sometime around 1911, state-level legislation began prohibiting the cultivation of cannabis which culminated in federal-level prohibition with the passage of the “Marihuana Tax Act” of 1937. Then, as part of the 19
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