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J Cannabis Ther 2002(2):71-79

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A Homelie Herbe: Medicinal Cannabis in Early England

Author
V. Crawford

Abstract
Cannabis is often regarded as a substance alien to British culture until the 1960s, at which supposed point of introduction it functioned as a marker of subversion. In fact cannabis was used as a medicinal herb by the Anglo-Saxons, and highly valued during the Tudor and Stuart periods. It remained in the British Materia medica through the 18th and 19th centuries, being well regarded by orthodox doctors. However, the type of cannabis grown in England was probably less rich in psychotropic cannabinoids than plants grown in the East.



Keywords
Anglo-Saxon herbalism, English Renaissance herbalism, cannabis, medicinal marijuana, history of medicine

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