Did you know that first real “cannabis culture” was India? Cannabis was identified as one of five sacred Indian plants incorporated in basis of Hinduistic religion and used to remove anxiety.
In India culture it is called sacred weed, bhang, which protects man from disease and prolongs life. Source for this discovery is Atharva-veda - Indian sacred book dated to 2000-1400 BC.
According to this book, legend says that cannabis was born at moment when gods churned up sea levels with mountaintop of Mandara (possibly Mount Everest) then on the ground dripped divine nectar (amrita). And at this place first cannabis plant grew.