This occurred a few months after Dr. O’Shaughnessy brought cannabis to England about 1840... It was prescribed by a Dr. Sir Russel Reynolds physician to Queen Victoria. The Queen had previously used Opium, Coca (raw cocaine), wine and chloroform...
The Queen obviously found that cannabis/marijuana worked well. She used it also for morning sickness and obstetrical anesthesia with no harm to fetuses.
So, 'They' were amused occasionally, after all...
ReplyDelete"...with no harm to fetuses."
ReplyDeleteHas the writer of that statement actually examined the royal progeny?
I'm guessing it would be a little more accurate to say she was the first european woman known to use marijuana for PMS. I'm sure it had been used before that in the areas it was indigenous to.
ReplyDeleteActually, folks, there is no historical evidence at all for this. Victoria's personal physician recommended cannabis for various conditions in 1890. But that doesn't mean she used it, just that he wrote about it. This is just one of those persistent myths. It's fun, but it has no basis.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't mean she DIDN'T smoke it. And since she was the HMFIC, I imagine she did anything she wanted. I'd say she smoked it. Why wouldn't she???
ReplyDeleteBut if she had smoked it, she would have gotten the munchies and eaten too much and become obese. Wait a minute...
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