Hemp History Archives

1847: French scientists find the active compound in indian hemp. French scientists seemed very curious and intrigued about the therapeutic ...

1850: The United States Census counts 8327 hemp plantations. The United States Census of 1850 was the seventh census of ...

1851: Marijuana is listed in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia. In the 1820's several American medical societies created the first edition of ...

1854: One of the first americans to write about cannabis. Among the first Americans to write about hashish was not ...

1857: Fitz Hugh Ludlow writes The Hasheesh Eater. Fitz Hugh Ludlow, or Fitzhugh Ludlow, born September 11, 1836 was an ...

1864: Cannabis included in the British Pharmacopoeia The inclusion of cannabis in the British Pharmacopoeia in 1864 was a result ...

From the 1860's through the early 1900's, World Fairs and International Expositions featured a Turkish Hashish Smoking exhibit and concession ...

1890: Doctor prescribes cannabis tincture to Queen Victoria It is said that the Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom used ...

Early 1920s: The Jazz and Marijuana revolution. In New Orleans, around the turn of the 20th century, ‘Storyville’, the city’s ...