Marijuana the herb of all times and its popularity across the globe

If you go back in time, you are sure to find a man smoking cannabis, or eating the herb in some form or applying a paste of it or simply using the cannabis oil for one use or another. The uses of the oil and the herb in its many forms are sometimes recreational, many a times medicinal. The herb is a natural remedy for diseases ranging from glaucoma to nausea generated by chemotherapy, muscle spasms and seizure diseases and HIV/AIDS. In the United States, patients are given medical marijuana cards so that they can buy marijuana from the stores.

Marijuana in modern times

The 60’s changed the world in ways more than one. Drugs harder than marijuana; were popular and the culture of a good time through a drug spread along with the music of the time throughout the world through popular culture and the beatnik revolution. However, the “War on Drugs” came on almost as quickly as the hippie culture. Marijuana was accused to be a gateway drug without much of evidence. Consumption of Marijuana became a crime and led to many prosecutions and research into it today shows that many young lives had been unjustly put to a life behind bars for smoking weed, something which is known to man since the ancient times.

However, the same countries today have relaxed laws regarding the hemp and its occasional usage among people. It is not just the medicinal aspect of it which has many takers among the sick and the desperately sick. The myths and the funny videos about the ill effects of the hemp have all but disappeared. A word of caution though, excessive use of marijuana has and will lead you to many problems. However, the myth of marijuana being inherently dangerous to our well being has been pretty much shredded and the weed in popular culture, in music, in movies and books has reached a particular height never seen before.

Future for Marijuana and its products

The future for marijuana looks promising with many states and countries worldwide planning to legalise cannabis in a reasonable and responsible manner for the people to have their favourite hemp without causing problems to a third party. The old myths and the misconceptions of Marijuana usage should also go down along with more research into marijuana and the many uses the future holds for us.