"Not Guilty" in Medical Marijuana Trial..

[MagickMuffin]

39. Back in the 70's it was such a taboo about its effectiveness with cancer treatment

Doctors talking to their patients about it but ever so discretely. They had a lot to fear with losing their license if they got reported. I suppose in that regard we've come a long way baby!

I saw a segment on the Antique Roadshow where someone brought in an old herbal chest of medicines. There was a Cannabis bottle which to my surprise they actually talked and joked about it, as the brother of the guy took the contents of the jar. I was amazed they even mentioned it at all.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200007A45.html






A part of the transcript, more at the link above. There is also a video if you're interested in viewing.


APPRAISER: Well, let's just show our viewers at home that amazing medicine chest that your grandmother salvaged from being thrown out. This is a students' cabinet made by the Parke-Davis Company...


APPRAISER: ...who's still in business today, probably made around the turn of the century-- 1890, 1900-- and it is, going by the list here, little sample tins-and they're handsome little tins like that-- of various medical roots, medical herbs, and all kinds of natural remedies I would have thought. And then there are more in the drawers, correct?


APPRAISER: All in very good condition with a few exceptions. On the bottom you have, I'm going to assume that's a St. Louis address -- it doesn't say St. Louis -- but I know the address Grand and Market Street... if you look up the St.Louis directory from about 1900's you could probably find out. And they're mostly full, aren't they?

GUEST: Except for three.

APPRAISER: Except for three. What ones are missing? Do you remember?

GUEST: I don't know of the other two, but I know that one was Cannabis sativa which my older brother got to.

APPRAISER: Your brother got to the cannabis. We won't go there. We won't go there.