Hemp Greece
Despite the widespread development of European trends, hemp in the country at the moment is almost does not develop.
Almost the entire territory of Greece occupied by medium mountains and plateaus. The climate is subtropical Mediterranean, hot and dry, with an abundance of sunny days. The cultivation of industrial crops industrial hemp is difficult due to lack of fertile soils and excessive dryness.
History
Although not quite a favorable climate for ubiquitous hemp, hemp was grown in Greece since ancient times for the production of fabrics and canvas, as well as food, cosmetics, and as a medicinal plant.
Ancient weavers spinning owned equipment, allow to produce hemp fabrics so easy that a few layers of her body shone, and he passed through the ring attire. Ancient Greeks to cannabis are treated with respect and awe, valued for antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Clothing made from hemp was considered ritually clean and guarded the body of the person who wears it. Another manifestation of respect for hemp clothing is that quality made hemp fabrics worn by Greek priests and aristocratic circles.
In addition to textile and knitted products from hemp fibers in Greece was extremely widespread tradition of making traditional hemp sandals and other footwear of the ancient period. It should be noted that in the diet of the ancient Greeks also present throughout the products based on hemp, in particular oil, seeds, hemp flour and salt. Cosmetic features of hemp oil is actively used as Greek women, and representatives of the male population of the country.
Modernity
Despite the widespread development of European trends, hemp in Greece at the moment is practically not developed. Is there a specific manifestation of interest of the Greek farmers to cultivate the most highly profitable crop, but at the moment this kind of interest in hemp malonarkoticheskoy not embodied in any industrial crops, or in any processing.
Medicine
The healing properties of cannabis are described in the treatise of the famous Greek physician Dioscorides (I in. BC. E.). In his main work «De materia medica» («On medicines") an ancient doctor regularly described more than 500 plants, group them into morphological principle. In particular, for the first time described Dioksirid hemp (Vol. III, Sec. 156 (166)).
Description Dioscorides quite succinctly: Hemp sowing. Some call it kannabium others - Shenostrofon ("kanatovertyaschaya"), "Asterion" (star). The plant, which is extremely useful for the manufacture of strong rope. It has leaves an unpleasant odor reminiscent of ash. Drip into the ears of the juice of green cannabis - a good remedy for ear disease.
Almost 60 years of the last century, the medicinal properties of cannabis used in folk and classical medicine in the form of various types of tinctures, concentrates, essences, etc. In connection with the adoption of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, at the state level it was in fact initiated by deliberate destruction of the Greek hemp. This led to the fact that the 80-th years of the twentieth century in Greece hemp could only look on the illicit market.
At the moment, within the European mutual recognition procedure cannabis extract Sativex granted regulatory approval to sell. The authorities allow the use of an agent for treating spasms due to multiple sclerosis patients who do not respond adequately to other antispasmodics.