Medical Marijuana

The fight for marijuana just made progress. Now that Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana, the stage is set for more medical marijuana dispensaries around the country.

The decision to legalize marijuana may seem controversial, but marijuana has been used for centuries. The medicinal benefits of marijuana were first discovered by the Chinese. Emperor Fu Hsi, considered the founder of civilization in China, said that marijuana contained both yin and yang. The Chinese consumed medicinal marijuana for centuries though no one knows whether or "marijuana dispensaries" existed in ancient China. From there, it spread to India, where it was used as a cure for leprosy. It wasn't until about 200 B.C. that marijuana turned up in the West, first showing up in Greece.

It would take another 2000 years before Jamestown settlers shipped marijuana to the Americas. And most have heard the stories about some of the founding fathers growing marijuana plants.

Marijuana's bad rap didn't come about until the 1900s. Controversy soon followed and politicians acted with force. The decades long war on drugs began. It took decades for medicinal marijuana to be used again. Of course, dispensaries in California became ubiquitous. Also, these days there are non-medical marijuana dispensaries throughout Denver.

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