(Below: A page out of the 1913-14 product catalogue of Lilly Laboratories (still around today as Big Pharma company Eli Lilly&Co, producers of most of the world's insulin, as well as the blockbuster drug Lipitor, among other things)
Hello Readers:
For this election day, the day where cannabis may finally (finally!) become legal in the great state of Oregon, I thought it might be fun to hearken back to the days of yore when cannabis was fully legal across the entire continental United States of America.
Over on a new page just posted on Pharmerkate's Pharmacy Corner, I have transcribed from an old dispensatory the detailed instructions for preparing cannabis for use as an official medicine, as well as its uses and the conditions it was used to treat. Yep, this is how they did it way back in 1870! While the methods of preparation are a bit different today, I thought you SkunkPharmers might find it interesting to compare and contrast.
As for the medicinal uses, you will not be surprised to find that it was valued then for the same things we value it for today: namely as a general relaxant as well as an important medicine for relief of pain, anxiety, and spasms, especially in cases where opiates are contraindicated or their side effects unwanted (emphasis mine).
Oh, and in 1870, cannabis was considered a possible effective treatment for hysteria and insanity...
I hope you enjoy this little trip back in time, and happy Election Day! Let's hope this one becomes historic by actually returning us to the past!
Dr. Kate
Above: Title page for the book excerpted in my post
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Key Bank screwed us over too! they are awful!
I will tonight. I also have ~2000 friends on Facebook to do the same, although with them not using your name. Just in case. Some of them friends bare ""eclectic". ;)
I'm thinking this is when before the word "Marihuana" hit the scene. :DDD
Yeah, the upstanding, well educated Medical Mafia makes too much money keeping people sick. Sheesh skunk pharm, you can't just TELL people how they can replace half of the current formulary! That's anti-business an un-Murrrican! Same banks WE bailed out. Non-canbabis voters would probably help, but they're paranoid that any appearance of collusion...Buffalo Springfield said it already. "...it starts when you're always afraid. Step outta line, The Man come and take you away". Peace all around, OldOyler
Now perhaps you will get a glimmer of what the firearms industry has been subjected to for the last 5-6 years. In a business that is legal in all 50 states....
I keep updating Harley's progress on the Anna dog page. Thanks for your help with working out the best way to administer his oil. He is on a good roll right now.
The anwser is here GW. We had some long convos about decentralzion and taking control of our finances at your class 2 years ago. Bitcoin! Take back the power!
Wowza, good job Kate!
I will read your site from top to bottom, but would love to chat or skype with you. I am totally fresh to extracts but run one of the larges legal cannabis farms in the world. when you see what i am doing I think you will be eager to help.
From being on this site for 10 Mins, I have a massive amount of respect for you and your knowledge. shop talk in a small store in Canada brought me here.
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Fascinating! Thanks for the historical perspective, Dr. Kate. It's something that people seem to be sorely lacking.
The price differential is substantial. I wonder what the shelf life was and how it was stored. Americana was probably some type of industrial hemp perhaps with less painkilling qualities so less money???? The DR's prepared their own prescriptions in many rural situations.
Look up operation "Choke point". Slick attempt to take more of your freedom away.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/01/08/Obama-Administration-s-Operation-Choke-Point-On-Mission-to-Destroy-Key-Sectors-of-Private-Lending-Industry http://www.bizzyblog.com/2014/05/02/establishment-press-virtually-ignored-dojs-pernicious-operation-choke-point/ The DOJ is targeting 30 high-risk industries, as labeled by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in 2011, in a report titled “Managing Risks in Third-Party Payment Processor Relationships.” The FDIC’s list of 30 high-risk merchant categories that are currently being pursued by the DOJ. Ammunition Sales Cable Box De-scramblers Coin Dealers Credit Card Schemes Credit Repair Services Dating Services Debt Consolidation Scams Drug Paraphernalia Escort Services Firearms Sales Fireworks Sales Get Rich Products Government Grants Home-Based Charities Life-Time Guarantees Life-Time Memberships Lottery Sales Mailing Lists/Personal Info Money Transfer Networks On-line Gambling PayDay Loans Pharmaceutical Sales Ponzi Schemes Pornography Pyramid-Type Sales Racist Materials Surveillance Equipment Telemarketing Tobacco Sales Travel Clubs This is obviously a very wide net DOJ is casting. While the list doesn't specifically include cannabis industries, and the administration has encouraged banks to do business with dispensaries, even though still illegal by federal standards, additional surveillance for suspicious activity and reporting are required.
Us bank shut all my accounts down. All federal insured banks can and will if they want. Federal government is corrupt. Power and greed run this country. If you dont fit into there controlled mold you dont make them money. Thus if they cant trace everything you do you will be exiled. Wake up people we live in very controlled country. We are NOT free.
As has been noted, absolute power corrupts absolutely. There have been some times in history that point has been more obvious than others, and it is distressing to watch our civil liberties vanish under any guise. Those who desperately desire to control everyone else, can reliably be counted on to justify their actions and as more of the money finds its way into fewer hands, our separation between owners of the money and the folks setting the rules becomes less and less distinct.
I no longer deal with commercial banks in favor of the OSU Credit Union. I've been a patron for many years and have always been pleased with the service and customer oriented attitude. I'd encourage anybody considering dumping their bank to look into a credit union.
Banks are now doing their due diligence and checking the Articles of Incorporation for LLC's. Even a remote connection to the industry and they blackball you. They hide behind Federal law.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/politics/u-s-marijuana-banks/ Hopefully this news from the DOJ will ease some of the risk concerns of big banks...but then again...probably not
Some times its better to pick a side and not try and walk the fence. Try USbank we have had a Oregon state tax ID with them for over 4 years now and every thing about us is POT SALES….But we don't have any pot things on our logo or business name.