I posted a link elsewhere to a great photo archive of old pharmaceutical containers--boxes and bottles--for cannabis products in the old days.
Now the Marihuana Tax Act effectively banned it throughout the country in 1937, and most states, particularly in the West, had had there own prohibition laws in place long before. However, when reading the old newspaper articles about marijuana busts, or any other reference to illicit use, the focus has always seemed to be on loose herb, or possibly joints, but in any case always for smoking. As the link above shows, cannabis preparations were considered effective for a wide range of ailments, and were offered in every imaginable form for topical and internal use.
Did pharmacists have clear their shelves of these items whenever the local jurisdiction enacted its prohibition law, or was the general mindset of the era that, if a product was carefully formulated according to the standards of the day, and packaged in a bottle or box, it could still be sold to the public even though the actual herb or prepared cigarettes were now illegal? Or alternatively, did these items continue to be sold, but only with a prescription?
It's hard to imagine that anyone worried that people would try to get high from corn plaster.
Now the Marihuana Tax Act effectively banned it throughout the country in 1937, and most states, particularly in the West, had had there own prohibition laws in place long before. However, when reading the old newspaper articles about marijuana busts, or any other reference to illicit use, the focus has always seemed to be on loose herb, or possibly joints, but in any case always for smoking. As the link above shows, cannabis preparations were considered effective for a wide range of ailments, and were offered in every imaginable form for topical and internal use.
Did pharmacists have clear their shelves of these items whenever the local jurisdiction enacted its prohibition law, or was the general mindset of the era that, if a product was carefully formulated according to the standards of the day, and packaged in a bottle or box, it could still be sold to the public even though the actual herb or prepared cigarettes were now illegal? Or alternatively, did these items continue to be sold, but only with a prescription?
It's hard to imagine that anyone worried that people would try to get high from corn plaster.
