Mackerel snapper was once a sectarian slur for Roman Catholics, originating in the United States in the 1850s. [1] It referred to the Catholic discipline of Friday abstinence from red meat and poultry, for which fish was substituted.
History of marijuana. Early Marijuana Use. Marijuana has been used as an agent for achieving euphoria since ancient times; it was described in a Chinese medical reference traditionally considered to date from 2737 B.C. Its use spread from China to India and then to N Africa and reached Europe at least as early as A.D. 500.
Marijuana Law Reform Timeline. NORMLâs and Marijuana Law Reform Timeline in America. April 29, 1911. Commonwealth of Massachusetts becomes first state to ban cannabis in the United States of America. August 2, 1937.