Publisher's Synopsis
Cannabis to treat tuberculosis has been documented in many parts of the world, and in some cases use of cannabis as a folk treatment for TB has persisted to this day-although for the most part, the spread of modern medical practices has wiped out cannabis use in folk medicine.Tuberculosis is characterized as a social disease and few have been more inextricably linked with human history. There is evidence from the archaeological record that Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its human hosts have been together for a very long time. The very mention of tuberculosis brings to mind romantic images of great literary figures pouring out their souls in creative works as their bodies were being decimated by consumption. It is a disease that at various times has had a certain glamour associated with it.
