Shifts in therapeutic practices and decline of medicinal cannabis in Indian North-Eastern Frontier (1826–1925)

Abstract Background The emergence of colonial medicine in the North-Eastern Frontier witnessed different phases of consistent competition and resistance. Herbs such as cannabis provided native physicians with a coherent power to resist colonial medical intervention. Before British rule, cannabis ass...

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Main Author: Gita Bania
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of Cannabis Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42238-022-00159-4