Cannabis is one of many known entheogens; plants with psychoactive properties which are used for spiritual or religious purposes.
The use of these plant medicines is older than recorded history, and can be found in cultures around the world. To this day, ayahuasca (the “spirit vine”) is still used by the shamans of South America, the peyote cactus is used by native tribes in Mexico and the southwestern United States, and perhaps most famous of all is the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica, whose members use ganja as an aid to prayer, contemplation and communion with Jah.
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