HISTORICAL MEDICAL CANNABIS TEXAS (BEFORE THE COMING OF THE ANTI-MEDICAL MARIHUANA LAWS) PAGE 2 SOME Pre-WW-II Medical Cannabis manufacturers Although Texas was never noted for having much of a pharmaceutical industry.   Like most about every state in the union, it did have a lot of drugstores and drug wholesalers. FROM THE REPORT - Investigations into the traffic and consumption of Maria-Juana in the State of Texas: (aka by other titles - era 1916-1917)   -- NOTE that before the D.E.A. was known as the D.E.A., it was known as the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, and before that as the Bureau of Prohibition, and before that it was known as the Bureau of Chemistry. [Report from the State of Texas] Doctor Alsberg:   I am submitting herewith a report of the investigations made by me in the State of Texas, particularly along the Mexican border, of the traffic in and consumption of the drug known as “Indian Hemp”, or “Cannabis indica,” but known in Mexico and the States bordering on the Rio Grande River as “Marihuana”, sometimes also referred to as “Rosa Maria” or “Juanita”. [more] . . . The report goes on to list the following wholesalers ALL operating within the state of Texas at the time. [era 1916-17]   J. Armengol – Laredo Tx. (era 1916) - (sold crude botanical drugs)   [Source= Government Report on Maria Juanita (1917) within the State of Texas p31]   Caferrilli Brothers, San Antonia Tx. (sold crude botanical drugs)   [Source= Government Report on Maria Juanita (1917) within the State of Texas p55]   Cenobio Garcia & Co. - Laredo Tx.- (sold crude botanical drugs)   [Source= Government Report on Maria Juanita (1917) within the State of Texas p1]   Houston Drug Co. (wholesale druggist)   [Source = Government Report on Maria Juanita (1917) within the State of Texas p83]   Mexican Products Co. ] Laredo Tx - (sold crude botanical drugs)   [Source= Government Report on Maria Juanita (1917) within the State of Texas]   Francisco Pizzini - San Antonio Tx.   [Source = Texas Report 1917]   San Antonio Drug Company – Tx (sold crude botanical drugs)   [Source= Government Report on Maria Juanita (1917) within the State of Texas p82] The report also lists a myriad of drugstores/retailers etc.   Below is a typical page from the report. [Report from the State of Texas] BACK MORE MEDICAL CANNABIS FORWARD WANT TO KNOW MORE: ===================== Due to space / download time considerations, only selected materials are displayed.   If you would like to obtain more information, feel free to contact the museum.   All our material is available (at cost) on CD-Rom format.   CONTACT PAGE TEXAS BACK TO MAIN INDEX