Having been one of the biggest pot heads on the face of the earth back in the day I can safely assure you that it doesn't contribute to a "spike" in anything after awhile other than eating too much and wasting time. Maybe sex as well... but that's about it.

Treated OCD is better, there is no cure. Doesn't work for everyone though, can't get it medicinally either which sucks.

Well I do believe it's a great tool that has very interesting medical uses, be it with a doctor or self-treatment.

But a spike in consciousness... you'd have more success asking some fun guy about that I suppose.

I have had OCD for years, what works for you is great, so keep smoking if you like. That doesn't make it a cure, the condition can be treated with long term strategies for the majority. It also depends on what categorisation you fall under as well, my experience with medication and CBT isn't great and doesn't work for me. Self therapy and being strong willed is my best bet and am a lot better now using exposure and response.

Thoughts? Cannabis was used as a medicine along with like probably dozens or hundreds of other herbs available at the time.

Edit: As far as the idea the cannabis somehow moved civilisation along? No.

There is so much mis-information about cannabis.

Lots of people actively spread facebook memes like "Cannabis cures cancer" etc'. Know one bloke who has forgone all potential life-saving cancer treatment and stuck to treating it with Cannabis.
I don't see him living another year.

Smoking it actually causes cancer. Hence the irony.

It helped me with insomnia, only thing that worked getting my mind into a normal day/night cycle and not go mad from finally falling asleep an hour before the alarm goes off every day. Yet other than preventing fighting I doubt it spiked any rise in intelligence. Consciousness maybe, it also made me a lot more aware of how the brain works behind the curtain.
I don't use it anymore, I'm sleeping fine now and it interferes with playing games. It's still fun though, certainly makes most tv and movies a lot more exciting.

That's just silly... the rise would be due to higher populations, settled living and trade routes. Civilization rose in areas untouched by marijuana just fine.

What I'm getting from the article is that trading kickstarted civilisation. And cannabis was one of the things they traded, along with a multitude of other products. Probably plenty of food. If people aren't starving, they have more time to do productive things.

Correlation does not imply causation.