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Historical References
Marijuana, the First 12,000 Years


Marijuana - The First Twelve Thousand Years

References


1. G. Bocaccio, Decameron (New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1931), bk. 3.8.

2. F. Rabelais, Pantagruel

3. E.G. De Givry, Illustrated Anthology of Sorcery, Magic and Alchemy (New York: Causeway Books, 1973), p. 25.

4. A. De Pasquale, "Farmocognosia della 'Canape Indiana'", Estratto dai Lavori dell'Instituto di Farmpcognosia dell'Universita di Messina 5 (1967): 24.

5. Ibid. Cf. also, Cornelius Agrippa, De Oculta Philosphia (n.d.), vol 43; and Pierre d'Alban, Heptameron seu Elementa Magica (1567), p. 142.

6. P. Kemp, The Healing Ritual, (London: Faber and Faber, 1935), pp. 57, 198.

7. Quoted in De Pasquale, "Farmacognosia", p. 24.

8. Almanac Prophetique pour 1849 (paris: Aubert and Co., 1849).

9. S. Benet, "Early Diffusion and Folk Uses of Hemp" in Cannabis and Culture, ed. V. Rubin (The Hague: Mouton, 1975), p. 43.

10. Ibid.

11. J. Brand, Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain. (London: Henry Bohn, 1848), 3: 395-6.

12. Ibid., p. 386.

13. De Pasquale, "Farmocognosia", p. 24-5.

14. Ibid.

15. Benet, "Early Diffusion", p. 46.

16. Ibid.

17. Ibid.

18. Ibid.

19. Leo Africanus, The History and Description of Africa and of the Notable Things Therein (New York: Burt Franklin, n.d.), 3: 722.

20. G. Da Orta, Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India (London: Henry Southern, 1913).

21. Ibid., p. 53.

22. Quoted in F. Guerra, "Sex and Drugs in the 16th Century", British Journal of Addictions 69 (1974): 269-90.

23. S. Manorique, Travels of Fray Sebastien Manorique (1629-1643) (Oxford: Hakluyt Society, 1927), p. 427.

24. Ibid.

25. P. Mundy, The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667 (Oxford: Hakluyt Society, 1914), 2: 247.

26. J. Freyer, A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine Years' Travel 1672-1681 (Liechtenstein: Krauss Reprint Ltd., 1967), 1: 92.

27. Ibid.

28. Ibid., note 1.

29. Quoted in F.J. Bouquet, "Cannabis", Bulletin on Narcotics 2 (1950), 14-30.

30. T. Bowrey, A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679 (Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1967).

31. Ibid., p. 79.

32. Ibid.

33. Ibid.

34. In A. C. Kimmens, ed., Tales of Hashish (New York: Wm. Morrow, 1977), p. 278.

35. C. Niebuhr, Travels in Arabia, inA General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, ed. J. Pinkerton (London: Longman, Hurst, Ries, Ome, and Brown, 1811), 10: 153.

36. R. Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (New York: Vintage, 1977), 2: 247.

37. J. Quincy, ed., Complete English Dispensatory (London: A. Bell, 1720), p. 201.

38. Edinburgh New Dispensatory (Edinburgh: Wm Creech, 1794), p. 126.

39. N. Culpepper, Complete Herbal (London: Richard Evans Co., 1814), p. 91.


 

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