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1、Marijuana-TheFirstTwelveThousandYearsErnestL.Abel,1980ContentsIntroductionITHEEARLYYEARS1CannabisintheAncientWorld2HashishandtheArabsIITHEHEMPERA3RopeandRiches4CannabisComestotheNewWorldIIITHEMARIJUANAANDHASHISHERA5NewUsesfortheOldHempPlant6TheIndian
2、HempDrugDebate7TheAfricanDaggaCultures8TheHashishClub9HashishinAmericaIVANATIONOFDRUGUSERS10America'sDrugUsers11ReeferRacism12TheJazzEra13OutlawingMarijuanaEpilogueBibliographyIntroductionOfalltheplantsmenhaveevergrown,nonehasbeenpraisedanddenounceda
3、softenasmarijuana(Cannabissativa).Throughouttheages,marijuanahasbeenextolledasoneofman'sgreatestbenefactors-andcursedasoneofhisgreatestscourges.Marijuanaisundoubtedlyaherbthathasbeenmanythingstomanypeople.Armiesandnavieshaveusedittomakewar,menandwome
4、ntomakelove.Huntersandfishermenhavesnaredthemostferociouscreatures,fromthetigertotheshark,initsherculeanweave.Fashiondesignershavedressesthemostelegantwomeninitssuppleknit.Hangmenhavesnappedthenecksofthievesandmurdererswithitsfiber.Obstetricianshavee
5、asesthepainofchildbirthwithitsleaves.Farmershavecrusheditsseedsandusedtheoilwithintolighttheirlamps.Mournershavethrownitsseedsintoblazingfiresandhavehadtheirsorrowtransformedintoblissfulecstasybythefumesthatfilledtheair.Marijuanahasbeenknownbymanynam
6、es:hemp,hashish,dagga,bhang,locoweed,grass-thelistisendless.FormallychristenedCannabissativain1753byCarlLinnaeus,marijuanaisoneofnature'shardiestspecimens.Itneedslittlecaretothrive.Oneneednottalktoit,singtoit,orplaytranquilBrahmslullabiestocoaxittogr
7、ow.Itisasvigorousasaweed.Itisubiquitous.Itflourishesundernearlyeverypossibleclimaticcondition.Itsproutsfromtheearthnotmeekly,notcautiouslyinsuspenseofwhereitisandwhatitmayfind,butdefiantly,arrogantly,confidentthatwhatevertheconditionsithasthestaminat
8、osurvive.Itisnotamagnanimousherb.Plantsunfortunateenoughtofallintheshadeofitsserratedleafletswillfindthatmarijuanadoesnotshareitssunlight.Itwantsitall.Marijuanaalsodoesnotliketoshareitsterritory.Itencroachesonitsneighbors.Itsrootsgobbleupallthenutrie
