Weed Deals: Top 15 Interesting Marijuana Facts By: Fallon from @canna_queens

Interesting Marijuana Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

How much do you know about marijuana? With the recent legalization of cannabis in Canada, it seems to now be the topic of conversation all around the country. Everywhere we turn in Canada, marijuana talks are all around. From a new mail order marijuana online dispensary opening up, to Instagram accounts or someone looking to buy bulk weed online. Forums are filling up with chats about budget buds, cheap weed and people making weed related jokes at the office.

With cannabis talks at the tip of everyone’s tongue, we thought it would be a great idea to share some super interesting marijuana facts that are bound to stun you. This way, our readers can learn something new and have some fascinating, weed related conversation-starters. Here are our top fifteen and just wait until you read the last one.

01 Weed+Beer=Family!

Yes you read that right! Marijuana fact number one Hemp and hops are cousins. Beers hops and the cannabis plants are a part of the Cannabaceae family and both plants bear similar terpenes such as myrcene and beta-pinene. Unlike cannabis, hops does not contain any cannabinoids.

02 George Washington Grew Dope

George Washington grew his own marijuana plants at Mount Vernon and referred to them as hemp plants. Researchers found notes were found about separating the male from the female plant, blossoming hemp and more in his old letters.

03 Not Growing Pot Was Against The Law In 1619

The Jamestown Colony, one of the first English settlements in America, passed a legislation imposing all settlers to grow marijuana around 1619. The law was not to encourage people but to force people to grow the plant. Hemp was used to make so many staple items such as rope, ship sail, and fabric therefore it had a high importance for themselves but also to bring in income from others. Not growing cannabis was against the law in 1619 and now, four hundred years later, look at us.

04 Marijuana available at the pharmacy.

Medicinal marijuana was easily and readily accessible in local general stores and pharmacies between the years of 1850 to 1942. It was listed as a medicine to be used to help with nausea, labour pain, and rheumatism.

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05 Canvas=Cannabis

The word canvas was derived from the word cannabis as historically most canvasses were made from hemp. Today you can find canvases made from many different materials but it is rare and considered a novelty if it is made from hemp. It is no surprise that that anything art related can come from the plant as we all know that the right strain can really get the creative juices flowing.

06 Cannabis is legal in North Korea.

The plant grows wildly in North Korea making it so the government does not even consider it a drug. North Koreans are allowed to freely enjoy consumption of the magical plant in both private and public areas. At one point marijuana or what they call “yoksam” was sold abroad as a way to earn foreign currencies.

07 Weed grows like weeds in Bhutan!

Just like North Korea, the plant is so common, it grows everywhere! The people of Bhutan see it as a nuisance, just as we view dandelions here in Canada. You can find them growing between cracks in the road and in forests. In Bhutan, hardly anyone smokes the plant and it is more common than regular green grass. Roadside cannabis plants are used to feed livestock. Pigs are regularly fed the plants to increase their appetite and fatten them up.

08 India has marijuana milkshakes

It’s called Bhang and everyone is drinking it. The Indian subcontinent has always been a big fan of ganja and in 1894 their government even declared the plant harmless. However the British came along and changed everything as they thought the plant was making the Indian citizens crazy. The use of cannabis in India can be traced back to many years BCE and you can find literatures referencing other intoxicating drinks that contain marijuana.

09 Mexico gave us the word marijuana.

The name marijuana was derived from Mexican slang. The two names Mary and Jane were common Mexican military slang for women working in brothels. From Mary and Jane, it became Maryjane and then to marijuana. Not to have anything to do with brothels but for the beautiful plant.

10 Rastas are allowed to smoke weed in Italy.

Although the use of the plant is still very much illegal in Italy, Rastafarians are allowed to possess and smoke marijuana. Since consuming cannabis is a sacrament to the Rastafari religion, this gives them the right to legally do so in Italy. Grazie Italia!

11 Bob Marley buried with bud!

There are many people that would like to be buried with the items they love and cherish the most. This was the case for Bob Marley and those who loved him most made sure this happened his request was granted. He was laid to rest in his grave with his red Gibson Les Paul guitar, his bible and some bud.

12 Dope was the first item to ever be sold over the Internet

Multiple resources claim that the first ever purchase on the internet was a nice bag of weed. Students from Stanford used Arpanet which was the first early stages of the Internet and purchased weed from one of their rival schools MIT.

13 More dispensaries than Starbucks

Right now in Colorado there are more recreational cannabis dispensaries than Starbucks. There is a ratio of 3:1 dispensary:Starbucks. These dispensaries should just start selling coffee or Starbucks should start selling weed.

14 You cannot overdose with cannabis.

Perhaps the best marijuana fact for those who are trippin’ balls. History shows that there is not one record of a death caused by use of marijuana. One would have to smoke over 600 kgs of weed in less than fifteen minutes to die from it, that is an incredible amount of weed.

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15 Tupac was smoked.

WHAT??? Yes you read right, Tupac Shakur was smoked! Forget about pouring out your fourty for your homies, Pac’s boys took it to a whole other level. They took some of his ashes, sprinkled it like it was kief on top of the bud in their joint and smoked it. In his song Black Jesus he does say, “last wishes, n*%%@$ smoke my ashes” and well his homies took that to heart and made his last wishes come true.

Conclusion

There it is, fifteen interesting marijuana facts that you probably didn’t know and can now tell your friends about. Don’t forget to tell them where you read this because here at Weed-Deals, not only can you come to us to buy weed online with stress free and fast delivery, but we also want you to enhance your experience by giving you a good read.