Why “Medical Use of Marijuana” is Accelerating Worldwide – Takao Yaguchi Official Web Site
In his autobiographical manga “Boku no Tezuka Osamu” (My Osamu Tezuka), Takao Yaguchi, famous for “Tsurikichi Sanpei,” describes the use of marijuana as a folk remedy. Although the fact that the manga depicts marijuana use does not necessarily mean that there is evidence for its use, his personal experience may serve as one form of evidence. When Takao Yaguchi’s mother became ill with heat stroke, she squeezed hemp leaves grown for fiber and gave them to him to drink, recalling that “the leaf juice at that time may have had the effect of relieving pain and cramps,” and “in other words, my village ancestors knew the medicinal properties of hemp leaves and used them in their daily lives. This episode also appears in “My School is Mountain and River” by Takao Yaguchi.