The consumption of Marijuana has had a very extensive part throughout history, with many cultures and societies having used Marijuana. Marijuana was popularly used in America in the 1960’s music culture and has become increasingly popular in recreational usage as the years have progressed. However it didn’t start there, Marijuana has been around for…
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Marijuana has been used for achieving the feeling of euphoria since ancient times (“History of Marijuana”). This drug was brought from Asia to Europe at least as early as A.D. 500. People had been smoking marijuana around the world, dating back as far as 2737 B.C. China (“Historical Timeline”). The Spanish brought it to America in 1545, and the English arrived with it in Jamestown in 1611, where it became a major commercial crop, eventually replaced in the American south by cotton (Miller). Marijuana, then known as hemp, was a principal crop at Mount Vernon and a secondary crop at Monticello (“History of Marijuana in America”). They grew it primarily for use as hemp rope, but there is some evidence that they were aware of its hallucinogenic properties as well (“Common Menu Bar Links”). People believed it enhanced their mind, and was used as a remedy for earache, edema, and inflammation (“History of Marijuana Use: Medical and Intoxicant”). Marijuana was first used in the U.S. for medical purposes in the 1800's. “Although marijuana had been around for a long time, widespread use of marijuana as a recreational drug did not become widespread until alcohol was banned during the Prohibition Era (1920 – 1933). Before that time period, marijuana had been used in the Americas for hundreds of years as a medicine. Once the federal government banned alcohol, marijuana took its place as the recreational drug of choice and its use soared.” After alcohol was legal again, use of marijuana sharply declined (“Why Marijuana Became…
In the 1800s narcotics was mostly unregulated drugs. In the 1890s the (S&R) Sears and Roebuck sent out catalogs which offered a syringe and a small amount of narcotics to millions of homes for 1.50. The first American anti-drug law was an 1875 San Francisco ordinance which outlawed the smoking of opium in opium dens. It was passed because of the fear that Chinese men were luring white women to their "ruin" in opium dens. "Ruin" was defined as associating with Chinese men. It was followed by other similar laws, including Federal laws in which trafficking in opium were forbidden to anyone of Chinese origin, and restrictions on the importation…
Christopher Columbus introduced tobacco to Europe. However, Europeans really didn’t experience tobacco until the mid-16th century. Jean Nicot from France, is how nicotine got it’s name. He was a French diplomat and scholar, he started the snuffing of tobacco in the French court.…
LSD, which is known to the younger population as acid, Lucy, and various other colloquial terms, came into being by complete accident. Albert Hofmann, a chemist, first created the drug in 1938, but it was not until 1943 that Hofmann unintentionally ingested a small dose of the drug leading to one of the greatest discoveries in the history of psychoactive chemicals (“History of LSD”).…
Inspiration/ inhalation is the first half of the respiratory cycle where breath is drawn. Several muscles in the respiratory system contribute to the process of inhalation. However, the diaphragm and the external and internal intercostals are the primary muscles of inhalation. The diaphragm originates at ribs 7 through 12, the xiphoid process, and the first 3 lumbar vertebrae. The diaphragm inserts on its’ central tendon which it pulls down and forwards through contraction in order to increase the size of the thoracic cavity and compress the abdominal viscera. When the diaphragm contracts and pulls down the central tendon it flattens in result. Thus, allowing the lungs to be pulled down and the lung capacity to increase. Unlike most muscles in the respiratory system, the diaphragm is unpaired. In contrary, there are 11 pairs of both external and internal intercostal muscles. The intercostal muscles originate at the inferior surface of ribs 1 through 11 and insert on the superior surface of the next lower…
Lethargy and a feeling of happiness ordinarily happen when individuals use inhalants to get high.…
Virtually any substance whose ingestion can result in a euphoric ("high") feeling can be abused. While many are aware of the abuse of legal substances like alcohol or illegal drugs like marijuana (in most states) and cocaine, less well known is the fact that inhalants like household cleaners are some of the most commonly abused substances. The following are many of the drugs and types of drugs that are commonly…
The 1920’s brought new inventions, a new economy, a new culture, new threats, and new laws which all influenced the nickname of the Roaring Twenties. The invention of the assembly line by Henry Ford in 1913 began the automobile industry in America leading to a boom in the industrial industries. The moving assembly line became a standard for most American factories allowing mass production of products including cars, appliances, furniture, and clothing. With the inventions of the electric motor, washing machine, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, and ranges, woman’s housework decreased permitting an increase in leisure time allowing them to become involved in the feminist movement.…
In the early 19th century the working class lived on plain food such as bread, butter, potatoes and bacon. Butcher's meat was a luxury. However things greatly improved in the late 19th century. Railways and steamships made it possible to import cheap grain from North America so bread became cheaper. Refrigeration made it possible to import cheap meat from Argentina and Australia. Consumption of sugar also increased. By the end of the 19th century most people were eating much better food. The first fish and chip shops in Britain opened in the 1860s. By the late 19th century they were common in towns and cities. In the late 19th century the first convenience…
{draw:frame} The next most popular type of plant that can be smoked is marijuana. Marijuana is the most used illegal drug in the United States and nearly 69 million Americans over the age of 12 have tried it at least once. Cannabis, like tobacco, was discovered around 6000 BC in the form of a plant called hemp. China was the first country to start using the plant, they cultivated it for food, fiber, and to weave it into fine cloth and rope during 1500 BC. Marijuana completely spread through Europe by 100 BC and to Egypt, Iraq, and Persia in the twelfth century. By this time, it was being used as an inebriant for people to get a “high” feeling often in the form of hashish. Hashish is a purified resin that is prepared from the flowering tops…
The first written mention of opiates is believed to have come from third-century B.C. Greek culture and the writings of philosopher Theopphrastus. By this time, people had discovered that drying the poppy plant's extracted fluid created a highly powerful drug which would become known as opium. The first opiates are believed to have been cultivated during the Neolithic period in what is now known as Switzerland. The settlements in this area cultivated Papaver which was a source of poppy seeds. Many historians agree that these early individuals discovered the narcotic effect of the poppy plant and therefore were the first users of opiates (Rosen, 2009). Opiate analgesics have been used by humans for thousands of years and are the longest continuously used class of medications (Lanier, 2009).…
It was 1920 when smoking began to catch on in the United States. Its recreational use was restricted to jazz musicians and people in show business. "Reefer songs" became the rage of the jazz world. Marijuana clubs, called tea pads, appeared in every major city across the country. Authorities tolerated these establishments because it was not illegal or considered a social threat. In the early 1930's marijuana became stereotyped as a violent drug, and by 1936 was illegal in all states. Marijuana research was at a stand still and the thought of it being a violent drug faded and the idea that it was a gateway drug emerged in the late 1940's early 1950's. In the 1960's marijuana became very popular among the young college crowd. This was looked at as a challenge to authority and the government.…
The US Institute of Medicine, as early as 1999, has determined that alcohol and nicotine are generally the first drugs people use. It is only after this, due its wide-spread usage, that marijuana is used.…
