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.
In the report, author Barney Warf describes how cannabis use originated thousands of years ago in Asia, and has since found its way to many regions of the world, eventually spreading to the Americas and the United States.