History

Question 1

Cannabis plants are believed to have evolved in where?

Answer 1

Central Asia
it likely flourishes in the nutrient rich dump sites of prehistoric hunters and gatherers

Russo, 2007; Grinspoon, 1969

Question 2

The oldest known written record on cannabis use comes from where?

Answer 2

the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung in 2727 B.C. Ancient Greeks and Romans were also familiar with cannabis, while in the Middle East, use spread throughout the Islamic empire to North Africa.

Russo, 2007; Grinspoon, 1969

Question 3

Tombs in Xinjiang region of China and Siberia around 2500 B.C. have included large quantities of mummified psychoactive marijuana

Answer 3

Tombs in Xinjiang region of China and Siberia around 2500 B.C. have included large quantities of mummified psychoactive marijuana

Russo, 2007; Grinspoon, 1969

Question 4

In 1545 cannabis / the plant spread to the western hemisphere where Spaniards imported it to Chile for its use as fibre.

Answer 4

In 1545 cannabis / the plant spread to the western hemisphere where Spaniards imported it to Chile for its use as fibre.

Russo, 2007; Grinspoon, 1969

Question 5

Who introduced cannabis to modern western medicine?

Answer 5

William Brooke O’Shaughnessy

Russo, 2007; Grinspoon, 1969

Question 6

In what year did William Brooke O’Shaughnessys research evidence its potential as an anti-convulsant?

(conducted in India in the field of botanical pharmacology and chemistry).

Answer 6

1840

Russo, 2007; Grinspoon, 1969

Question 7

Where did William Brooke O’Shaughnessys research in 1840 take place?

Answer 7

conducted in India in the field of botanical pharmacology and chemistry

Russo, 2007; Grinspoon, 1969

Question 8

When was cannabis first made illegal?

Answer 8

28th September 1928 under the 1925 Dangerous Drugs Act.

Russo, 2007; Grinspoon, 1969

Question 9

What was cannabis historically classed as?

Answer 9

Historically it was classed as a Hallucinogen, but this is unreliable and old.

Question 10

Contemporary academic research and literature places cannabis in what class?

Answer 10

it in a class of its own.

Question 11

There was more understanding and later concern in relation to cannabis misuse towards the compound THC (DTHC9) in what year?

Answer 11

In the 1990s

Question 12

Generally, THC is related to substance misuse in differing spheres

Answer 12

Generally, THC is related to substance misuse in differing spheres