BLAST FROM THE PAST

The original "medical marijuana"? From the Chicago Tribune, ca. June 1864:

HASHEESH CANDY,
THE EASTERN
Gunjah of Enchantment,
OR ORIENTAL EXHILIRANT AND NERVINE COMPOUND.

A pleasurable and harmless stimulant confectionized for Nervousness, Debility, Confusion of Thoughts, Loss of Appetite, Depression of Spirits, Nervous Headache, Chills and Fever, Impotence, Nervous Debility, Want of Vitality, etc.

Afflicted Sufferers,
TRY IT.

Seekers after Pleasure and the Marvellous,
TRY IT.

It will do you good. Sold by Druggists everywhere.
13th Wholesale Angency for Chicago and the West,

H. NOUVILLE, 76 Randolph St., Chicago.

Price, 50 cents and $1 per box. Send for full descriptive circular.