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William Brooke O'Shaughnessy

Place in History
William O'Shaughnessy (1808 - 1889) was an Irish physician. In 1833 he moved to Calcutta to work for the British East India company. O'Shaughnessy stayed in India for nine years, working as a doctor and as a scientist.

Place in Marijuana History
While working in India, O'Shaughnessy learned about cannabis. O'Shaughnessy was intrigued enough to start researching marijuana. When he was back in England, O'Shaugnessy used cannabis to treat muscle spasms, vomiting, and diarrhea. He was so successful that other Western doctors soon began using the same treatments.

Why It's Awesome
William O'Shaughnessy brought marijuana to the attention of modern Western medicine. In America, starting in the 1840s, you could get marijuana almost anywhere, thanks to its inclusion in a multitude of patent medicines. Without O'Shaughnessy, who knows how long it would've taken for Western medicine to clue into the benefits of cannabis?

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