Every now and then you read of someone being arrested for using or possessing marijuana. The law prohibits the use of it in this country.

Marijuana is obtained from the hemp plant. It is a drug but, unlike many other drugs, it is not recognized as a medicine. It acts as a narcotic, which means it can produce a stupor. As a narcotic it is either smoked or eaten, and it has been used by people since ancient times. In India it is known as bhang, charas, or ghanga; in Egypt it is known as hashish; in North Africa it is known as kif; and in the Western Hemisphere it is called “marijuana.”