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Cáñamo magazine is an international monthly publication, considered the first dedicated to cannabis culture in the Spanish-speaking world, [1] as well as the oldest and most active. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was founded in Spain in 1997, extending in 2005 to Chile , in 2015 to Mexico and in 2017 to Colombia .
The LaGuardia Committee report was an official scientific report published in 1944 that questioned the prohibition of cannabis in the United States. [1] [2] The report contradicted claims by the U.S. Treasury Department that smoking marijuana deteriorates physical and mental health, assists in criminal behavior and juvenile delinquency, is physically addictive, and is a "gateway" drug to more ...
The use of cannabis products is decriminalized for personal cultivation and use, and other purposes other than sale or trade. [9] [10] It's illegal for trade or commercial purposes. Using the legal grey areas in Spanish legislation, cannabis clubs are a popular way for enthusiasts to obtain and use cannabis as a technically-legal private ...
[3] [4] As a Schedule I drug under the treaty, countries can allow the medical use of cannabis but it is considered to be an addictive drug with a serious risk of abuse. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The use of cannabis for recreational purposes is prohibited in most countries; however, many have adopted a policy of decriminalization to make simple possession a ...
[15]: 94 Cannabis is not known to have been present in the Americas before Spanish contact, making an indigenous word an unlikely source. [16] Other suggestions trace the possible origins of the word to Chinese ma ren hua (麻仁花, lit. 'hemp seed flower'), possibly itself originating as a loan from an earlier semitic root *mrj "hemp". [17]
It is not known when Rastafari first claimed cannabis to be sacred, but it is clear that by the late 1940s Rastafari was associated with cannabis smoking at the Pinnacle community of Leonard Howell. Rastafari see cannabis as a sacramental and deeply beneficial plant that is the Tree of Life mentioned in the Bible and quote Revelation 22:2 ...
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