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Okay, well obviously most people know what marijuana is. It’s a plant, and it contains THC which gets you high. Right? Well let’s dive deeper into this. Let’s learn how marijuana came about, why it was criminalized, and then we’ll learn some primary purposes of ‘weed’.

Where’d it come from?

So nobody really knows where exactly marijuana first grew. I don’t either, I’m not an expert, but I am very good at research. And by the end of this, I hope to know a lot more about weed. Anyway, let’s get back. From what I have learned, marijuana was most likely first grown in Asia. Where the purpose was for herbal medicine and eventually recreational purposes. Now… I don’t want to bore you too much with this first paragraph, but I have to put some facts in, eventually we’ll get into strains, purposes, how it’s grown, certain effects, pop culture, etc. But for now we have to learn. Eventually, the plant was grown in many different places, from Asia, to Europe, to the Americas. Marijuana was grown to make ropes, clothing, and other materials, and also the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) crystals were used as a medicine for stomach pains, and nausea.

Why weed was criminalized.

Early before the great depression, many Mexican’s migrated to the United States, and showed American’s the practice of smoking marijuana in a recreational sense. People loved it. But, as the great depression came along in the 1930’s many people that associated marijuana with Mexican’s, decided to make weed seem evil. Because of all this, there were laws put in place and eventually the whole country of the United States made our precious plant a crime. Other countries just looked at it as harming our society because of a bad view on it, or the tobacco industries wanted it gone. Some countries have it fully illegal and others have it part of their lifestyle. Even the United states is slowly becoming a country that allows marijuana to be used for recreational purposes.

Primary Purposes of ‘Bud’

The Primary purposes of marijuana (bud, hash, MJ, Mary Jane, hash, toke, etc.) have become medical in most states now in America. For the purposes of back pain, to migraines, to depression, and anxiety, medical cards are distributed to many people, of many ages. Medical marijuana serves many beneficial duties. Especially with the medical aspects. (Which will be talked about in a later blog post.) Other purposes serve as recreational, and industrial. Such as smoking or consuming to get high, or using hemp for lotions and soaps, and even fabrics. Marijuana helps with many things that many people may look past. Marijuana ACTUALLY helps with anxiety, it ACTUALLY helps with depression, it ACTUALLY helps with aches and pains. Marijuana brings out the best in some people, and there are also few effects of marijuana that people look at as harmful. Such as ‘it makes people do stupid things’ and ‘people go to jail for it’. Well, alcohol makes people do stupid things, and people can build a tolerance to that, as well as marijuana. People also after a while can control their high, AND if marijuana was a legal substance like tobacco and alcohol, it would be at a controlled age and reduced to less accidents, and little to no crimes involving it each year.

Thank you guys so much for reading my first blog post, I want to help educate people on marijuana since it is spreading widely and rapidly, and help people understand that there are benefits, and to help people be less afraid if it does become legal in their area. Come back for my next one where we get into the more fun stuff, now that we know a little bit about marijuana.

-BudBlog