The article discussed the history of therapeutic use of Cannabis

• Abstract
• Before the Christian Era
• Beginning of the Christian Era to the 18th century
• Western medicine in the 19th and 20th centuries
• Decline and rediscovery
• Acknowledgements
• References
• Figures

Antonio Waldo Zuardi is recipient of National Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and was supported in part by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP).