Facts About Marijuana- Marijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China plays an important part in Marijuana's history. Hoatho, the first chinese physician to use Cannabis for medical purposes as a painkiller and anesthetic for surgery. In the Ninth Century B.C., it was used as an incense by the Assyrians Herbal, a Chinese book of medicine from the second Century B.C., was first to describe it in print. It was used as …showed first 75 words of 1251 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1251 total…it would be. Or there could be a "government monopoly on it controlling the cultivation, importation, manufacture, wholesale distribution, and retail sales. Controls could also be placed on the quantity, potency,, amount, price, time and place of sale, and age of buyers. This would do away with black market activity, cost of law enforcement and tax revenue."(Snyder,1985,p89) It would also keep alot of people out of jail/prison and save the government money.