7 Ways People Used Cannabis in 1930

Can marijuana treat these conditions? Before the government outlawed marijuana, here's how people used it.

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Burgess Powell

To Treat Gonorrhea

Marijuana America

Wm. S. Merrell, an Ohio-based chemical company, manufactured Indian Cannabis. They said that this tincture is both an anesthetic and a treatment for Gonorrhea. As far as we know, this is not true.

Wm. S. Merrell manufactured a whole line of what you could call medical marijuana products. One of them, Bromo-Chloral, mixed indica with licorice, orange peel, and chloral hydrate, a strong sedative and hypnotic drug that’s very difficult to get today.

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Burgess Powell

Burgess Powell is a writer for High Times based in New York. She writes about marijuana news, culture, and health.

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