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Cannabis is widely used in Pakistan, and smoked as charas (hashish) or consumed as a drink as bhang. [12] According to a 2013 report 6.4 million people in Pakistan consume cannabis. [ 13 ] With the legalization of Cannabidiol (CBD) , the country is looking ahead to export non-psychoactive hemp and other derivatives to international markets.
The history of cannabis and its usage by humans dates back to at least the third millennium BC in written history, and possibly as far back as the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8800–6500 BCE) based on archaeological evidence. For millennia, the plant has been valued for its use for fiber and rope, as food and medicine, and for its psychoactive ...
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Bhang (IAST: Bhāṅg) is an edible preparation made from the leaves of the cannabis plant originating from the Indian subcontinent. [1] [2] It was used in food and drink as early as 1000 BC in ancient India.
Marihuana: The First Twelve Thousand Years is a book by Ernest Lawrence Abel about the history of cannabis, first published in 1980. [1] Table of contents
Cannabis is the most used drug. The rate of injection drug abuse has also increased significantly in Pakistan, sparking fears of an HIV epidemic. A 2013 report on drugs by the United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime (UNODC) stated that almost 6.7 million people are taking drugs in Pakistan. The report also revealed that people from the age of ...
The Little Book of Cannabis (2018) by Amanda Siebert; Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America (2019) by Box Brown; Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence (2019) by Alex Berenson; Higher Etiquette (2019) by Lizzie Post; American Hemp Farmer (2020) by Doug Fine; Commodifying Cannabis (2020) by Bradley J ...
A review published by the Alcohol and Drugs History Society and the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy said the book provides valuable insight about the importance of "global knowledge flows to our understanding of cultural commodities", [1] a view echoed in the book Taming Cannabis that cites Commodifdying Cannabis as "shed[ding ...