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.
This map shows how marijuana spread throughout the world, from its origins on the steppes of Central Asia. Credit: Barney Warf, University of Kansas. View full size image. Cannabis seeds have also been found in the remains of Viking ships dating to the mid-ninth century, Warf wrote in the study.