True/False Cannabis Facts
Weed Was The First Online Sale
TRUE - In the early 1970s, Stanford students bought a bag of weed from MIT students. This means that the first product ever sold online was cannabis!
Cannabis was once surprisingly used to treat this cardiovascular ailment.
Asthma!
Instead of causing the bronchioles (tiny airways leading to the lungs) to contract, as most people would expect, it turns out cannabis smoke may have the opposite effect. Research from the 1970’s showed, cannabis smoke actually caused bronchodilation, the airways dilated, or expanded, instead of contracting.
Southern Darkness
Northern Lights
President Jimmy Carter confirmed that this singer "leaned against the flagpole at the top of the place and lit one up" on the roof of the White House.
Willie Nelson
In California, recreational dispensaries outnumber this popular chain 3 to 1.
Starbucks
Shakespeare Smoked Cannabis
TRUE - Marijuana residues were found in William Shakespeare’s home, which we believe could have been an enormous aid in writing all the screenplays and poems.
The only CDC-approved marijuana-derived medication is used to treat this illness, often in children.
Epileptic Seizures
The plant-derived pharmaceutical, Epidiolex, which is made from cannabis-derived CBD isolate, is available by prescription in the US for childhood epilepsy disorders.
Slow Mango
Pineapple Express
In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act into law, starting this.
The War on Drugs
In Italy, cannabis is illegal. However, it is legal for members of this religion as a sacrament.
Rastafarianism
Bob Marley Was Buried With Grass
TRUE - The musical star was buried with his red Gibson guitar, a cannabis bud, and a Bible open on the 23rd Psalm, which reads: “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures”.
Marijuana has been proven to boosts mood using the same mechanism as what food?
Chocolate!
THC is an excellent antidepressant because it binds to the same receptors as the brain’s natural anandamide, or “bliss molecule.”
Moon Cat New
StarDawg OG
Hempfest, one of the most well-known cannabis polic reform events in the world, first began in this PNW city in 1991.
Seattle, WA
In this state, the first arrest for marijuana was recorded 1937.
Colorado
The first arrest for cannabis possession and selling in the U.S. occurred in Denver, Colorado on October 2, 1937.
California Was the First State to Ban Cannabis
TRUE - A century ago, California was the first state in the United States to ban cannabis.
Cannabis has never been found to be a cause of...
DEATH.
Ingesting too much THC can cause a racing heart, anxiety, and nausea – in short, It can make for a very uncomfortable few hours – but it’s never resulted in anyone dying
Monkey Paste
Gorilla Glue
Marijuana smuggler Thomas King Forçade founded this publication dedicated to the world of marijuana in 1974.
High Times
This country boasts the first historical record of medicinal cannabis consumption.
China.
The first recorded use of marijuana as a medicinal drug occurred in 2737 B.C. by Chinese emperor Shen Nung.
Paraguay was the first country in the world to fully legalize.
FALSE - In 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize growing, selling, and consuming cannabis.
Eating raw marijuana does not produce this effect on someone.
It does not get you high.
The truth is that freshly-cured weed has very little THC in it– and that’s the ingredient responsible for creating a high. While someone may get an upset stomach from eating it, they’re not likely to get particularly high.
Plantain Gasoline
Banana Diesel
On Dec. 15, 1992, rapper Dr. Dre released this debut studio album, featuring numerous cameos from Snoop Dogg.
The Chronic
After this artist's untimely death, his friends actually mixed his ashes with cannabis and smoked it.
Tupac.
After Tupac Shakur’s murder, members of his music group mixed Tupac’s ashes with marijuana and smoked the concoction.