bong Kush the pot of green sweet night Mary Jane has been around for more than 5,000 years and is responsible for more hilarious weird and shocking stories than those that have ever been shared during the joint times Humanity must have enjoyed how did Kush which is known for calming people down become the cause of multiple Wars over the centuries how did weed create a cult of stealthy Cutthroats and if you're bored of Edibles where do you have to go to get a delicious wheat smoothie it's high time we answer all your D questions and more
welcome to nutty Productions this is a Dooby Dopey history of weed now we're sure you must be well aware what weed is but here's a summary for those who may be misinformed Lady Mary Jane is a psychoactive component derived from the cannabis plant this ancient plant has had a relationship for thousands of years with Mankind and has been used for agricultural medicinal and spiritual purposes there's evidence of cannabis seeds being used as food around the Mediterranean Sea and hemp being used for its oil and the production of clothing paper and most importantly ropes that are
still in use to this day of course being so multi-purpose helped the cannabis plant gain a lot of importance among ancient cultures but it's still very hard to figure out when and where the cannabis plant first sprouted for the first time scientists are working hard to figure out if humans influenc the evolution of cannabis as we know it today or if the plant is old enough that even Velociraptors secretly like to chill out chewing on its leaves after a stressful hunt science has an found all the answers but there was still hope unless the ancient
people were right and cannabis was truly a gift of some Immortal entities if you happen to know the Instagram of such an entity ask them to slide into the comments please by using the share button we know that the plant is old for certain I mean like really old but for the sake of this video we're just going to focus on the human history of it we're g to start with China of all places you see what I did there despite the fact that weed is illegal and possession of it could be punishable by death
in modern China 5,000 years ago a legendary emperor in China named Shen Nong was the first recorded person to discover the benefits of Cannabis sativa Mary Jane's native name he recognized weed's fast growing nature and ability to produce both textiles and grain along with its medicinal properties he advocated its use for the treatment of multiple different ailments that were cataloged by his advisories in Pensa ching The Divine husband man's Materia Medica yes the name Shen Nong means divine husband or Divine farmer depending on the context this discovery also earned Shen Nong the title of the
father of Chinese medicine as if he needed more titles but some people do live for him just ask Louis the 16th even though China's ancient trade route to the West earned its name from another famous Chinese commodity silk MJ was equally popular among the traders of the Silk Road cannabis strains spread their branches along various stops on the 4,000m long path between China and Europe to begin its Journey towards becoming the global phenomenon it is today the oldest traces of this Adventure can be found in the pamier mountains the jenl cemetery located among these treacherous
Peaks reveals some shocking secrets about the merchants that lived there 2500 years ago on the surface archaeologists made the most obvious Discovery you would expect from the excavation of a cemetery bones but these bones belonged to Merchants and Farmers that lived around 500 BC and next to these bones was something really really special wooden burners now you got to be wondering what's special about these burners the archaeologists did too and when they got a whiff of it their minds were blown it was the good old bong joints of bong kind of a play on Bond
James Bond historians have theorized that the ancient MERS in this area were smoldering cannabis seeds on top of hot Stones they would inhale the smoke during funerals and while visiting the dead this Theory makes jankle Cemetery the oldest known location where cannabis was Smoked by humans now if you're wondering the historians hadn't smoked any weed themselves while making these claims or at least that's what they claim the reason behind the use of cannabis in jenl Cemetery would be to either subdue the smell of rotting corpses with the weed's distinct smell or to use the smoke
to induce psychoactive experiences like communicating with the spirits of their dead relatives another reason the cemetery is considered special is because of the high level of tetra hydr canabal or THC found in the specimens from the brazer at this location THC is the magic component in pot that makes the plant capable of taking your brain to places out of this world in 440 BC Greek historian Herodotus met the cians a fierce nomadic tribe that spread across Central Asia after originating from Modern Siberia in 900 BC they invited Herodotus to their special saas where weed buds
were used to make the steam a little doozy and he saw them cry in ecstasy if heraus accounts are true which is a Hot Topic on its own we can thank the cians for inventing the hot box but it is a fact that weed has been an integral part of Ceremonies rituals traditions and festivals for centuries during the Crusades many historians believe that the members of the nazari is Mu use cannabis or Hashi to calm themselves before stealthily carrying out the elimination of rival leaders to Aid the Islamic cause the sect is believed to perform
elaborate Customs to consume hashish as part of their beliefs and operations Customs like that in other parts of the world are still a thing to this day like millions of Hindus in Northern India Nepal and Bhutan like to enjoy an ice shill and spicy glass of tendai spiked with pot on the occasion of the colorful Festival of holy and the holiday dedicated to the birthday of God Shiva mashiv ratri the milk-based beverage contains a high dose of ground nuts cinnamon saffron rose petals and turmeric the adults would spike it with bong an edible popular among
the North Indian sub cottoned population derived from ganja so yeah in a nutshell tendai is a weed and nuts smoothie another reason cannabis easily spread across the globe was the use of hemp by ships for rigging sails and as we mentioned earlier rope hemp also helped cannabis reach the new world when the white settlers arrived in the Americas in the mid- 1600s and they needed an easy crop to establish colonies the father of the nation George Washington the first US president had his own hemp farm at Mount Vernon you can use that trivia to amaze
your friends at your next joint session or weed around or Puff Puff passon or whatever you call it are alarmingly on the increase in use among our young people this is a national problem it requires an urgent uh action on the part of the federal government and though cannabis was finding a new home in the Americas during early modern history India also was writing a new chapter in The High Times of the plant Dr William Brook oanes arrived in India in 1833 while the East India Company was slowly coiling its grip on the subcontinent but
OSI was interested in the remedial properties of bong and he wanted to incorporate the herb in Western medicine believing that weed could be a cure for rheumatism and chalera even though his years of research proved otherwise he did discover that cannabis can Aid in treatment if not the Cure he even claimed the Cannabis is useful as an anti-convulsive medication and could help stop seizures among infants and reduce Tremors in tetanus patients that's where cannabis Indica comes into the picture cannabis indicia was a new strain discovered in the 19th century We Now call it ganja this
new strain showed easy in effects but with a side effect of heightened delirium osan's work wasn't wasted and recognition of his efforts helped cannabis to be recognized and used in Western medicine which led to the herb becoming a popular over-the-counter remedy cannabis was introduced to American Medicine through the US pharmacopia in 1851 this pharmacopia was a collection of all the most important drugs and medicines and used during that time in the US pharmaceutical industry truth is it was quite popular in the 19th century and early 20th century as an over-the-counter medicine in the form of
concoctions or Elixir but the ethics of these medicines are debatable today as some of them also include Poppy and the special but dangerous Colombian powder now the credit for inventing the modern recreational culture of cannabis use goes to France where Club De hashian celebrated using cannabis as an escape from the stress and humdrum of regular life while the French were using weed to calm themselves down the swasi Army and the Zulus use cannabis to enhance aggression and Stave off fatigue during the Anglo Zulu War as part of their pre-battle rituals they mention smoking weed increased
courage and aggression this is also where the story of cannabis takes a dark turn for centuries the acceptance of weed in society was being chased by the elements that wanted to curb its social Acceptance in 1378 the Amir of Jima in the Arabian Peninsula s Yun shikoni was the first known ruler to Bann the use of hashish in his principality in the Americas cannabis face resistance from the start the king of Jamaica banned it in 1787 imagine that Napoleon bonapart was among the first European leaders to close Cannabis shops in his Empire the municipal Council
of Rio De Janeiro and the British colonies of maius Guana South Africa and India also outlawed cannabis the rulers of Greece Singapore Morocco and the Ottoman Empire followed suit now around the time of the first world war tensions were rising in the US while the US had no intention of joining the war in Europe at that time Congress launched an offensive on a different front the passing of the Harrison narcotics Act of 1914 was the first significant blow to the acceptability of cannabis in American society the ACT outlawed the dispensing of opioids without prescriptions and
required all narcotic manufacturers and Distributors to be registered with the US Treasury Department not long after morphine Colombian powder Chinese H and other heart substances were completely prohibited by federal law everyone knew cannabis was next in line for prohibition surprisingly American authorities first targeted alcohol with the Volstead Act of 1919 also known as the prohibition act from 1920 to 1933 America was green but dry crime R Rose and if you happen to time travel to that era you would want to avoid the Chicago Thunder the tightening grasp of the law around other substances affected cannabis
2o the illegal Market boomed due to addiction related crimes misinformation and exploitation creating an environment of paranoia among the American population Mary Jane was no longer a friend to American society and it didn't take long before samor campaigns targeted her presence in the country this hysteria which began in 1936 is now known as Reaper Madness it began with an exploitation film that created a cautionary tale against the devil's lettuce using mostly false or highly exaggerated claims against cannabis and to warn the young audience and bring them back to the straight and narrow path the film's
most infamous claim was that weed provokes violent and heinous thoughts in its users the film had a mixed impact while an older age group was influenced by it the younger generation found it kind of funny more funny than scary in fact in 2005 a group of filmmakers parody reer Madness featuring Jesus as a weed friendly supporting character but a severe consequence of the film was an article written by Harry anslinger the then head of the US Federal Bureau of Narcotics the article titled marijuana Assassin of Youth was published a year after the release of Reaper
Madness pedling the propaganda of the movie anslinger insisted that MJ was responsible for the increase in crime in the country the same year the marijuana Tax Act was placed on All Imports sales and distribution of weed which had to be paid annually now if you didn't comply it would be prolonged imprisonment and heavy Financial penalties this led to a steep decline in the recreational use of MJ in the US the hemp industry and medicinal use of cannabis were the only aspects of the plant products that remain unaffected by these new laws and regulations now the
final blow came in 1942 when the US pharmacopia removed cannabis the reputation of weed took a sharp decline becoming synonymous with crime and criminals but not always lost for the reef Leaf Israeli Raphael mulam breathed new life into the herb industry identifying and isolating THC in 1964 this allowed more in-depth research in both CBD and THC separately breaking new barriers in the ways the herb could benefit people CBD was now safe to use for medicinal benefits without the psychoactive high and THC could be used for psychological treatments and therapies independently when the' 60s arrived The
Beatles Woodstock the peace movement and the Vietnam conflict redefined America in this decade Mary Jane took Center Stage as the hippies brought away of counterculture of Music gender Liberty and the right of expression to America while cannabis found a new appreciation among Armed Forces dealing with the harsh realities of newc warfare in Vietnam high on flower power in a 420 Blaze the ha ashbery District was flooded by hundreds of thousands of people during the summer of love in 1967 now the unplanned event to celebrate freedom peace art music Good Vibes and love suddenly gathered significant
mass media attention though the event promoted happiness and unity not everyone was pleased especially the incom at 37th president of the US Richard Nixon he was severely paranoid about weed being a prominent cause for this event inspiring him to launch a full-fledged attack on narcotics with Lady Mary Jane being the Most Wanted Target 1971 Nixon proudly declared that the US had launched a War on Drugs calling them America's greatest Public Enemy evidence suggests that Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act to use marijuana as a scapegoat to suppress the rise of hippie culture and and the
Civil Rights Movement this act classified cannabis as a schedule one narcotic alongside hard substances like heroin and cocaine this category was meant only for substances with the highest risk of exploitation and no medical value but the extent of use of cannabis in Pharmaceuticals worldwide was largely ignored after the office for drug abuse law enforcement the office of Narcotics intelligence and the Bureau of Narcotics and dangerous drugs were combined to form the Drug Enforcement Administration or DEA in 19 73 the new Authority on substance exploitation launched a stronger campaign to combat the illegal substance trade in
the country now with the dawn of the 80s Nixon was replaced by Ronald Reagan he doubled down on efforts to criminalize and combat cannabis's presence in American society the dea's finances saw a huge Boost after Reagan passed the anti-drug Abuse Act of 1986 the law also created minimum sentences for any drug rated crimes and increase the monetary and incarceration penalties for those crimes classifying Mary Jane in the same class as harder drugs led to a massive spike in arrest and incarcerations possession of even the smallest amount of weed was enough to be penalized with a
big sentence because the herb was perceived as a gateway drug Ronald Reagan's wife Nancy Reagan believed the ill reputation of cannabis alone was enough for it to be heavily punishable nany's involvement in the war against drugs included funding a new campaign against substance abuse privately the campaign just say no targeted School H teenagers to spread awareness about drug rated crimes and exploitation just say no was soon followed by the drug abuse resistance education or Dare program in 1983 in Los Angeles the program has now become internet meme fter because of its corny PSAs and featured
police teaching the harmful effects of drugs at schools with a cartoonish mascot Derek Al liion as they Journey Through the land of decisions and choices this is your brain on drugs was the PSA that takes the cake for being one of the most bizarre pieces of propaganda in 198 87 this PSA depicted a man picking up an egg claiming it to be the brain this is your brain then cracking it into a hot Skillet the skillet you know represented the drugs this is drugs the egg sizzled away while he menacingly held a frying pan and
asked the audience if they had any questions any questions even today this ridiculously so bad its good Cliff lives on in the endless feeds of ticket talks The Wheel of Fortune began turning once more in cannabis's favor in the mid1 1990s as California became the first state in 1996 to legalize the medicinal use of cannabis under proposition 2115 the compassionate use act this was a historical landmark for cannabis Acceptance in America but the road wasn't easy the bill would have passed in 1995 if it wasn't vetoed by Pete Wilson the then governor of California so
to make the change happened The Advocates of the bill took it to the public where the bill achieved popular success in 2000 the Netherlands legalized medical use of weed Nationwide and Canada soon followed in 2001 in the next 12 years Austria Uruguay Italy Romania the Czech Republic and France also legalized medical use of cannabis and since then the number of countries doing the same has only grown now we could make a whole video about listing countries and regions that have legalized wheed in recent years but we got a lot more to get to so let's
move on to the cultural impact because it's a fact in movies featuring blazing culture have existed since the' 60s Easy Rider and chich and chongs Up in Smoke are seen as cult classics today but as weed legalization began in the '90s so did the rise of stoner comedies dude wears my Carr Harald and Kumar movies and the big Labowski help improve weed's reputation weed also regain social acceptance thanks to Dr Dre's iconic album The Chronic and we all know how weed is a huge part of Snoop Dog's personality in music as well as his contribution
to the movement of legalizing recreational Cannabis smoke weed every day by Snoop is still one of the world's beloved Stoner anthems despite being 23 years old Sno Snoop Dog created Leafs in 2015 that's a company that sells its own Snoop Dog branded cannabis strains and Edibles now the world has come far from the days of Nixon when the world's most influential country went on a war against an herb to selling Recreational Products made of that herb openly in certain States like Colorado and Washington which legalized recreational weed in 2012 but pot still has a long
way to go in the US despite 38 US states three territories and the District of Colombia allowing the free use of medical cannabis now the drug is still considered forbidden on a Federal level the roacher far Amendment first passed in 2014 prohibits Federal prosecution of individuals complying with State medical cannabis laws the recreational use of cannabis has now been legalized in 24 States three US territories and DC another seven states have decriminalize its use Uruguay got the medal for being the first country to fully legalize weed in 2013 for medical and recreational use the international
weed Haven Club includes Georgia the country not the state South Africa Canada Mex Mexico Malta Thailand and Luxembourg surprisingly or not so surprisingly none of these countries have collapsed into Anarchy as people in the past warn us about the current US Government promised in 2022 that the president would pardon prior offenses of possession of cannabis encouraging states to follow their example cannabis Advocates have faced a lot of resistance to their movement to normalize weed but the 2020s are proven to be the dankest decade in recent history from its humble Origins as an overgrown grass The
Humble Ascension to a simple crop and then blazing fall as a d ous narcotic cannabis has endured a long struggle to reclaim its status as a normalized substance next to alcohol caffeine and tobacco now whether you partake yourself or not you can't deny that weed has a remarkable chapter that is integral to the overall human history it's likely we only know a few portions of this chapter and we could only wish that plants could talk and tell us about its Mysteries maybe if you smoke enough of it it will thanks for watching nutty Productions if
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