Top 27 Marijuana Fun Facts

Marijuana is a medicinal plant, but it also has a fun side to it. Recreational marijuana is used to relax and unwind. It helps you feel good. It releases stress for good. Here are some marijuana fun facts that we bet you didn't know:

1. Beer and Cannabis are family friends. The hops that beer is made from belongs to the same genome family of plants as Cannabis. They are literally cousins!
2. The legal marijuana is a billion dollar industry within the short time that it has been legalised. The legal marijuana market is expected to be worth $66.3 billion by the end of 2025.
3. Cannabis has been legal in Alaska since 1975. And it is legal even today!
4. George Washington grew cannabis in Mount Vernon and called it Hemp.
5. The coolest thing about North Korea is that they have never criminalised Cannabis. It has always been legal in North Korea.
6. California was both the first to ban and the first to legalise Cannabis. A first in both cases for this hippie central.
7. An art student tweak the famous ‘Hollywood’ sign to read ‘Hollyweed’ when it was decriminalised back in 1976. Artistic way to celebrate indeed.
8. Humans have been using Cannabis for over 8000 years.
9. The US military created a synthetic version of cannabis called ‘Dimethylheptylpyran’. 1 mg dose of this drug could have lasting effects for up to 3 days.
10. Colorado has more marijuana dispensaries than starbucks. THe number of marijuana dispensaries outnumber Starbucks in a 3:1 ratio.
11. Rastafarians are legally allowed to carry cannabis in Italy since it is a religious sacrament for rastafarians.
12. A Chinese tomb has 739 grams of Cannabis. The ancient sculpture dated 2700 years and is the oldest piece of stash ever found.
13. The first thing ever bought and sold on the internet was a bag of Cannabis between Stanford and MIT students back in 1971.
14. The famous musician Bob Marley was buried with a Bible, his red gibson guitar and a bud of marijuana.
15. Marijuana can freeze and stop the spread of cancer.
16. Barack Obama was a part of the ‘Choom Gang’, a group of college students who played basketball and smoked pot.
17. ‘Bhang’ is an Indian milk shake with marijuana as its main ingredient.
18. According to a UN statistical report approximately 3.8% of the world population uses marijuana.
19. In the United States, men are twice as likely to use marijuana as women.
20. Cannabis was used as a food supplement in China as early as 6000 BC.
21. Paraguay is the world’s largest producer of Marijuana.
22. Canada was the first country in the world to offer medical marijuana in 2003.
23. Growing marijuana is energy intensive. The energy required to produce 2.2 pounds of marijuana indoors is equivalent to driving around the United States five times.
24. To die of a marijuana overdose somebody would have smoke over 1500 pounds of marijuana within 15 minutes.
25. Marijuana produces the same brain chemicals as chocolate does.
26. Drafts of the United States’ Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper produced during that time.
27. Research has statistically shown that marijuana may effectively treat a number of different diseases such as physical and mental ailments, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain, and depression.

These were some of the many marijuana fun facts yet to revealed. Although this medicinal plant has been legalised there is a large section of the crowd that does not believe in it. Marijuana research has shown credible evidence that the plant does help humans with a lot of different ailments. Although the FDA is yet to approve marijuana based medicines, general products such as oil, topicals, flowers and isolates are readily available. Share these fun facts with your friends to improve their perception of this ancient medicinal plant. Do share and comment below. At Marijuana Span we are always excited to hear back.