Recently, CBD oil and other CBD supplement products have gained a tremendous amount of attention, quickly becoming one of the most widely used natural supplements. CBD is not new, though; people have been using the cannabinoids contained with cannabis plants throughout history for their healing properties. Historians have found evidence that CBD and cannabis plants[…]
The history of cannabis and the history of CBD are closely linked. As you likely know, the CBD topical you rub into your skin probably comes from the hemp plant. The company in question could have derived it from the marijuana plant, but such products face added restrictions. It seems likely that the history of[…]
The history of cannabis is relatively long, as humans have used the plant for at least 12,000 years. It seems likely that most ancient cultures used marijuana as a medicine rather than as an intoxicant. A study published in Science Advances in June 2019 wrote that cannabis plants were burned in wooden braziers in the[…]
It may seem as though CBD has sprung up from nowhere, but this isn’t the case. CBD actually has a very long and complicated history. For a while, it remained relatively underground in the black-market environment of cannabis. However, it has now resurfaced in the mainstream and had a $4.6 billion market in 2018. Here[…]
There have been talk of the beneficial properties of CBD oil for depression and neurosis for years. This popular cannabidiol is used in the treatment of inflammation, nervousness, has antidepressant, and even anti-cancer and anxiolytic properties. It is worth convincing yourself to him. CBD oil – a handful of basic facts Cannabidiol CBD is one[…]
Transporting plants and their by-products by long transoceanic voyages was a complex operation during the 18th century. By Dr. Marcelo Fabián FigueroaProfessor of HistoryUniversidad Nacional de Tucumán-UNTInstituto Superior de Estudios SocialesConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-ISES/CONICET Introduction This paper studies the administrative, legal and scientific instructions issued by the Spanish Ministry of the Indies[…]
By looking at drug addiction from an evolutionary perspective, we may understand its underlying significance and evaluate its three-fold nature: biology, psychology, and social influences. By Dr. Tammy Saah / 06.29.2005 Psychiatrist Abstract By looking at drug addiction from an evolutionary perspective, we may understand its underlying significance and evaluate its three-fold nature: biology, psychology,[…]
Many common remedies, as well as the more exotic experimental drugs, were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development? By Louise Crane / 04.28.2011 Picture Researcher Wellcome Collection There is something rich and romantic about the Victorians and their drugs.[…]
British Library, Public Domain Examining how drug literature—writing on drugs by drug users—has consistently resorted to Gothic conventions, images and atmospheres for 200 years. By Dr. Jayson Althofer (left) and Dr. Brian Musgrove (right) / 09.04.2018 Abstract This article examines how drug literature—writing on drugs by drug users—has consistently resorted to Gothic conventions, images and[…]
Fragment of a Tomb Painting with Seated Woman Holding a Blue Lotus, ca. 1539-1425 B.C.E. / Photo by Peter Roan, Brooklyn Museum, Flickr, Creative Commons Our taste for addictive psychoactive substances is attested to in the earliest human records. By Dr. Marc-Antoine Crocq Psychiatrist Centre Hospitalier de Rouffach Abstract Our taste for addictive psychoactive substances is[…]
Oxycodone-acetaminophen pills. Patrick Sison/AP By Dr. Michael Robinson / 09.29.2017 Assistant Professor of Psychology Wesleyan University Why do they do it? This is a question that friends and families often ask of those who are addicted. It’s difficult to explain how drug addiction develops over time. To many, it looks like the constant search for pleasure.[…]
Looking at the botanical and zoological basis of some of these elixirs to find out whether they’d actually work. Poisons and potions are the weapons of choice for many of Shakespeare’s most iconic characters. Used to seduce lovers, kill enemies and gain power, nothing was too noxious for Shakespeare. Photo by Dan Tentler, Flickr, Creative[…]
A pharmacy. Oil painting by a French painter, ca. 1700. Wellcome Library reference no. 44595i. By Dr. William Schupbach / 09.27.2016 Historian People taking medicines often take more than one medicine simultaneously. Polypharmacy and combination therapy can have many advantages, as well as a number of difficulties, such as non-compliance, unwanted side effects, drug-resistant infections, medical disasters, and[…]
By Michele Rosenthal / 09.11.2017 Addiction as a Coping Mechanism …if you have trauma in your history you woke up with the conscious or unconscious desire for what all trauma survivors want: safety and control. ~ Michele Rosenthal Let’s imagine that you can float up above the timeline of your life, turn and face the past[…]