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[[Cannabis (drug)|Cannabis]] has an ancient history of ritual usage as an aid to [[trance]] and has been traditionally ==Ancient African use==

The word '''cannabis''' is from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|κάνναβις}} (''{{lang|grc|kánnabis}}'') (s ...cannabis. ''Introduced to the medical profession by us''."<ref>''1929-1930 Physicians' Catalog of the Pharmaceutical and Biological Products of Parke, Davis & Co

...0.1126/science.34.883.761 | journal = Science (New York, N.Y.)}}</ref> The ancient drug [[soma]], mentioned in the [[Veda]]s, was sometimes associated with ca Cannabis was also known to the [[History of the Assyrian people|ancient Assyrians]], who discovered its psychoactive properties through the [[Aryan

...lization|Indians]], and [[History of China#Ancient era|Chinese]]. Islamic physicians and other Eastern scholars maintained and advanced the practice of [[Medici ...ry]]. [[Ethanol|Alcohol]] is the oldest known [[sedative]]; it was used in ancient [[Mesopotamia]] thousands of years ago.<ref name=Powell1996/>