History 6
In 1890, J. R. Reynolds recommending Marijuana for patients with "senile insomnia" and with preventing migraine attacks.
Doctor J. B. Mattison
- Noted the medical use of cannabis was already in decline by 1890.
- The potency of cannabis preparations was too variable, and individual responses to orally ingested cannabis seemed unpredictable
1920’s Marijuana is view as being evil
1915 - 1927 Cannabis begins to be prohibited for non-medical use in the U.S., especially in SW states...California (1915), Texas (1919), Louisiana (1924), and New York (1927).