Medical Marijuana Dispensary

It took an eternity, but two states have legalized marijuana. Now, Denver citizens can shop for the finest bubble hash (or their strain of choice) in marijuana dispensaries throughout the city. This all may seem revolutionary, but marijuana has been used, legally, for centuries.

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 first known marijuana users were the ancient Chinese. Emperor Fu Hsi, considered the founder of civilization in China, said that marijuana contained both yin and yang. The Chinese consumed medicinal marijuana for hundreds of years though no one knows whether or "marijuana dispensaries" existed in ancient China. From there, it spread to India, where it was used as a cure for leprosy. Some even claim that Jesus used cannabis in anointing oil.

Two thousand years would go by before cannabis was brought to the Americas. And most have heard the stories about some of the founding fathers growing marijuana plants.

The reefer madness era changed the way that marijuana was viewed. Controversy soon followed and politicians acted with force. The drug war, initiated by Nixon, targeted all drugs, effectively ending medical marijuana in the USA. It took decades for medicinal marijuana to be used again. Of course, dispensaries in California became ubiquitous. Also, these days there are non-medical marijuana dispensaries throughout Denver.