Marijuana Facts: Interesting Facts About Marijuana

Cannabis facts

In 2015, legal marijuana is the fastest growing industry in the U.S.

California was the first state in the U.S. that banned marijuana a century ago.

In 2013, Uruguay became the first country to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana.

The first recorded use of marijuana was in China, over 4700 years ago.

In Bhutan, marijuana was only ever used to feed pigs before the advent of television.

In Italy, Rastafarians are legally allowed to possess marijuana as it is a ‘sacrament’ to the religion.

In India, marijuana is consumed in the form milkshake.

The first thing ever bought and sold across the internet was a bag of marijuana around 1971.

The first arrest for possessing and selling marijuana in the U.S. occurred in Denver, Colorado on October 2, 1937.

In Netherlands, there are dozens of public facilities which allows you to bring recreational drugs including marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine to test if they are safe.