History of Cannabis Use in the Oriental World
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Cannabis sativa L. is an annual, woody plant of high economic value with many different purposes of use. The origin of cannabis is contentious, with the majority of researchers reporting its natural cultivation from 2000 to 10,000 years BCE in Central Asia. It spread to other parts of the world through human intervention. There are records of finding cannabis in the Nile valley (Egypt), Mesopotamia, and the Indus valley civilization (present-day Pakistan and North Western India). Once, oral consumption and intoxication of cannabis was a common tradition among people of Egypt, Arabia, and Iran. Cannabis is used to produce biomaterials, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. Cannabis produces over 100 pharmacologically active compounds, including Tetrahidrokannabinol (THC) and Kannabidiol (CBD). Cannabis is legal in China for industrial and medicinal purposes. Cannabis was introduced for Western Medicine in the 19th century for the treatment of many diseases and disorders. Cannabis has been mentioned in Indian literature since 2000 BCE, with medicinal properties described in the Atharva Veda. Despite its health risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) removed the cannabis plant from Schedule IV of the Single Convention (1961) in 2019 and allowed its cultivation.
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