Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Those fighting for marijuana legalization finally have a couple of victories. Now that Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana, the stage is set for more medical marijuana dispensaries around the country.

The decision to legalize marijuana may seem controversial, but marijuana has been used for centuries. The first known marijuana users were the ancient Chinese. Emperor Fu Hsi, considered the founder of civilization in China, said that marijuana contained both yin and yang. The Chinese continued using medicinal marijuana for thousands of years though no one knows whether or "marijuana dispensaries" existed in ancient China. From there, it spread to Egypt, where it was used as a pain reliever for people with hemorrhoids. It wasn't until around 200 B.C. that marijuana turned up in the West, first appearing in Greece.

Two thousand years would pass before cannabis was brought to the Americas. Famously, George Washington planted hemp and according to records, he took particular interest in marijuana's medicinal uses.

Marijuana's bad rap didn't come about until the 1900s. Controversy soon followed and politicians acted with force. The decades long war on drugs began. It took decades for medicinal marijuana to be used again. Of course, dispensaries in California became ubiquitous. Also, these days there are non-medical marijuana dispensaries throughout Denver.