ABSTRACT

In 1843 Clendinning4 utilized cannabis substitution for the treatment of alcoholism and opium addiction. Potter recommended full -dose Squibb cannabis extract for withdrawal from opium addiction. 19

In 1894 the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report recogni zed the comparative safety of cannabis in its unsurpassed ethnographic studies within different cultures with a concern that if prohibited it would cause the use of more dangerous drugs.'