Medical Marijuana, Bubble Hash, and Dispensaries in Denver

The fight for marijuana just made progress. The recent legalization of marijuana in Washington and Colorado has set the stage for not only expanded medical marijuana dispensaries, but also full on legalization.

For all the controversy surrounding the legalization of marijuana, one thing is certain: for most of recorded history, marijuana was used primarily for medical purposes. The Chinese were first to discover marijuana's medicinal benefits. The earliest mention of marijuana was made by Emperor Fu Hsi nearly five thousand years ago. He stated that Ma, the Chinese word for Cannabis, possessed both yin and yang. The Chinese continued using medicinal marijuana for thousands of years though no one knows whether or dispensaries existed in ancient China. From there, it spread to Egypt, where it was used as a pain reliever for people with hemorrhoids. Then there are the claims that Jesus' anointing oil was made with cannabis.

Two thousand years would go by before cannabis was brought to the Americas. Famously, George Washington planted hemp and according to records, he took particular interest in marijuana's medicinal uses.

The reefer madness era changed the way that marijuana was viewed. Something needed to be done, or at least, that was the common opinion back then. The drug war, initiated by Nixon, casted a wide net demonizing all drugs, effectively ending medical marijuana in the USA. It took decades for medicinal marijuana to be used again. These days, medical dispensaries can be found all over California. And then a huge moment: two states completely legalized marijuana. Now, not only medical dispensaries are all over Denver, but there are head shops that sell bubble hash to anyone.