Mar 6, 2025
However, lepers had some other succour. Their terrible condition, and their universal stigmatization by their local societies, gave, and gives, rise to immense mental anguish. Two plants - whose stories will be told more fully later - assuaged it. Galen suggested opium. In ancient India, the medical work by Sushrata suggested cannabis. Though of no help in saving the victims' lives, because of their effects on the brain they must have made them feel a lot better.
David Stuart, Dangerous Garden