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79 – Pliny the Elder Writes about Medicinal Properties of Cannabis Plant

Posted on September 24, 2019 by ProCon.org

“Pliny the Elder, an ancient Roman nobleman, scientist, and historian, author of Naturalis Historia (79 AD), [writes] that ‘The roots [of the cannabis plant] boiled in water ease cramped joints, gout too and similar violent pain.'”

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