And yet, cannabis sales continue to grow alongside the popular misconception that it is once again a miracle cure for an epidemic disease. In the mid-19th century, physicians in France and across the West also made the claim that hashish provided a “heroic remedy,” as one contemporary physician put it, in the fight against the plague and cholera. They were wrong, of course, and patients — and the reputation of cannabis — paid the price. [Read More @ The Washington Post]