Marihuana: The First Twelve Thousand Years

Author:   E.L. Abel
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Edition:   1980 ed.
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9780306404962


Pages:   289
Publication Date:   30 November 1980
Format:   Hardback
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Of all the plants men have ever grown, none has been praised and denounced as often as marihuana (Cannabis sativa). Throughout the ages, marihuana has been extolled as one of man's greatest benefactors and cursed as one of his greatest scourges. Marihuana is undoubtedly a herb that has been many things to many people. Armies and navies have used it to make war, men and women to make love. Hunters and fishermen have snared the most ferocious creatures, from the tiger to the shark, in its herculean weave. Fashion designers have dressed the most elegant women in its supple knit. Hangmen have snapped the necks of thieves and murderers with its fiber. Obstetricians have eased the pain of childbirth with its leaves. Farmers have crushed its seeds and used the oil within to light their lamps. Mourners have thrown its seeds into blazing fires and have had their sorrow transformed into blissful ecstasy by the fumes that filled the air. Marihuana has been known by many names: hemp, hashish, dagga, bhang, loco weed, grass-the list is endless. Formally christened Cannabis sativa in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus, marihuana is one of nature's hardiest specimens. It needs little care to thrive. One need not talk to it, sing to it, or play soothing tranquil Brahms lullabies to coax it to grow. It is as vigorous as a weed. It is ubiquitous. It fluorishes under nearly every possible climatic condition.

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Author:   E.L. Abel
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   1980 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.350kg
ISBN:  

9780306404962


ISBN 10:   0306404966
Pages:   289
Publication Date:   30 November 1980
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

I The Early Years.- 1 Cannabis in the Ancient World.- 2 Hashish and the Arabs.- II The Hemp Era.- 3 Rope and Riches.- 4 Cannabis Comes to the New World.- III The Marihuana and Hashish Era.- 5 New Uses for the Old Hemp Plant.- 6 The Indian Hemp Drug Debate.- 7 The African Dagga Cultures.- 8 The Hashish Club.- 9 Hashish in America.- IV A Nation of Drug Takers.- 10 America's Drug Users.- 11 Reefer Racism.- 12 The Jazz Era.- 13 Outlawing Marihuana.- Epilogue.

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