Cannabis use was first mentioned in text around 2753 BC, by the Chinese emperor Shen Nung. As early as the 14th century,  it reached the shores of what we now call the Middle East, and by the 19th century its use and popularity extended to Europe and the Americas. During the 1960’s, marijuana use exploded in the United States.   Introduce the Thai Stick: Cannabis buds tied to sticks, dipped in hash oil, then wrapped up in marijuana leaves. These were the original marijuana cigars to arrive on the scene of Western culture during the peak of the hippie/love era.  Around 1975 as enjoyable and popular as they were, because of the long and tedious process, they were replaced by joints, blunts, bongs,  and vapes.