// Definition
Piso's Cure, one of the most popular cough medicines in the late 19th and early 20th century, which contained cannabis as an active ingredient. Users took it under the framework of medicine rather than recreational use.
// From the Episode
Chris Bennett uses this as an example of how cannabis was a mainstream medicine before prohibition. The psychoactive effect was perceived as 'the medicine working' rather than getting stoned. Shows the cultural framing of cannabis effects: a sadhu partaking of Shiva with ganja has a different relationship than recreational use.
// Source
Ep. 116 Hash Church CXIII 113 →