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Jesus ‘Healed Using Cannabis’
By Hempology | January 6, 2003
From the Guardian Unlimited, January 6, 2003
By Duncan Campbell
Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal
properties of the drug, according to a study of scriptural texts published this month. The
study suggests that Jesus and his disciples used the drug to carry out miraculous healings.
The anointing oil used by Jesus and his disciples contained an ingredient called
kaneh-bosem which has since been identified as cannabis extract, according to an article
by Chris Bennett in the drugs magazine, High Times, entitled Was Jesus a Stoner?
The incense used by Jesus in ceremonies also contained a cannabis extract, suggests Mr Bennett, who
quotes scholars to back his claims.
“There can be little doubt about a role for cannabis in Judaic religion,” Carl Ruck, professor of classical
mythology at Boston University said.
Referring to the existence of cannabis in anointing oils used in ceremonies, he added: “Obviously the
easy availability and long-established tradition of cannabis in early Judaism… would inevitably have
included it in the [Christian] mixtures.”
Mr Bennett suggests those anointed with the oils used by Jesus were “literally drenched in this potent
mixture… Although most modern people choose to smoke or eat pot, when its active ingredients are
transferred into an oil-based carrier, it can also be absorbed through the skin”.
Quoting the New Testament, Mr Bennett argues that Jesus anointed his disciples with the oil and
encouraged them to do the same with other followers. This could have been responsible for healing eye
and skin diseases referred to in the Gospels.
“If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the ancient anointing oil… and receiving this oil is what
made Jesus the Christ and his followers Christians, then persecuting those who use cannabis could be
considered anti-Christ,” Mr Bennett concludes.
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