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Weed history: A timeline

A chronological guide to the life and times of marijuana.

A A A Comments (5) By Francisco Alvarado Thursday, Oct 7 2010

2727 B.C. — The Chinese document the use of cannabis as a medication.

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1911 — South Africa becomes the first country to outlaw cannabis.

1913 — California is the first state to pass anti-marijuana laws.

1928 — Great Britain bans recreational marijuana use.

1936 — Reefer Madness is released in movie theaters.

1937 — The U.S. makes it illegal to possess pot.

1938 — Comedian Tommy Chong is born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

1944 — A New York commission debunks the dangers of reefer.

1956 — The U.S. puts marijuana in the same drug class as heroin.

1965 — An estimated 1 million Americans admit to having tried ganja.

1967 — The Beatles urge pot use, singing, "I'd love to turn you on" and "Everybody smoke pot."

1972 — An estimated 24 million Americans admit to having tried marijuana.

1978 — Paramount Pictures releases Cheech & Chong's classic Up in Smoke.

1980 — Robert Platshorn is sentenced to 64 years in federal prison for smuggling pot.

1996 — California makes Mary Jane legal for medical use.

2003 — Canada becomes the first country to legalize marijuana.

2004 — Tommy Chong is released after nine months in federal prison for selling bongs.

2008 — Florida imposes tougher criminal penalties against marijuana growers.

2010 — The Sunshine State outlaws the sale of water pipes at head shops.

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Accontjagex@yahoo.com 05/26/2011 11:23:00 AM

P.s since ive managed to control the quantity of pot I smoke and the kind I've been getting strait As in scholl

Accontjagex@yahoo.com 05/26/2011 11:17:00 AM

Pot is the best medication out there I use it as a mood elevator anti anxiety pain stiffness insomnia it should be legal I don't have the money for all of these medications resulting in side effects I need new medications for. And I am furious about the fact that marijuana is in the same drug class as heroin this is just un exceptable everyone smokes it. And alcohol kills over 8000 people a year how many people have died from pot? NONE the more charges you can get for it the more people are gonna smoke it people need pot can't pay for Xanax because you can't sleep? POT cant afford a small dose of pain killers after a surgery POT. If the government allowed one or two plants per a house hold all the pot problems would be solved I think I speak for everyone when I say I don't like visiting bad nieghbor hoods to pick up some bud. and it's so over priced if the goverment sold this shut in stores they could be making a profit of 10 dollars per a gram if not than more. All those rumors are myths a joint is not the equivalent to 14 ciggerates. And the government claims to have done mass studies on bud they really haven't. The economy sucks in part of the fact pot is illegal we could substatude it for paper and clothing and not to mention how healthy seeds are in your food. Another thing Is the goverment seems to think all pot heads are un educated morons I'll tell you guys the truth I am fourteen years old I know more true things about pot than the goverment claims to. DOESN't THAT SAY SOMETHING? rant over.

chris 12/17/2010 3:57:00 PM

i'm 22 and i've been smoking the green goddess for some time now, but yet i still can't find any reason for it to not be legal. i've listened to many reasons way weed shouldn't be legal, but there is not but one thing that really makes since. there is an answer to solve all the problems they say pot causes. the only thing thats true is that people shouldn't drive while intoxicated. if thats the only real reason for outlawing green then alcohol shouldn't be legal either (proabition(i think it was called). that didn't work so well. in all honisty it made crime worst in the U.S. booze is legal now and weed isn't but why? booze is far worse then pot ever dreamed to be. you could pull the whole lased card but the answer to that comes with legalisation. a person could by safe lase-free weed if it was legal in a safe enviroment. they say that the dealers wouldn't give up there cash cow but if it was legal they wouldn't have much of a choice. they wouldn't be bringing in the cash. why would anyone want to buy from a dealer when they could so easly buy it from a head shop or some other store? they also say places would be robbed for their pot but if it was legal people be as likely to steal weed as they would cigarettes( well may be a little more likely but not by much). if your worried about the health risks from the smoke, there's vaporizers. personaly i think weed should be legal recreational and medical use. the goverment's view on the subject is pure stubern stupidity(thats how i see it). i use it for a few things, but mostly i smoke to get high. weed help with my anxity, my stiff sholders and neck, and it also makes me more solcable. i've always had problems with new people and crouds but with weed that problem disapires all together. i live in florida and think all this tightening down on weed has done is made it people do it more. i'm can only guess why that is. as long as there is a demand, there will be some one who can answer said demand. why should thouse who answer the demand for weed have to be the worst kind of people in socity( i'm not saying all dealers are bad people). the answer is because pot is illegal and being so pushed it underground. when you deal with underground goods, you deal with underground people. the black market is scary place. your also more likely to get rebeliouse kids smokeing pot that way as well. all makeing pot illegal dose is make things worst. as far as money gose, are econmy is to bad to be wasting money on the war against weed. i think that legal weed would pull the U.S. out of it's hole and more. if the goverment is smart they will stop this stupity and use whats right in front of them to fix our country. i'm all steamed up now. i need some weed.