The first item ever sold on the Internet was weed! Over 40 years ago, Stanford students used the Arpanet to buy weed from their MIT counterparts.

In Denver, there are more marijuana dispensaries than there are Starbucks.

While they have very different effects, weed and beer are botanical cousins. Both hops and cannabis belong to the family Cannabinaceae.

In Bhutan, pot plants are so common that they are seen as a pest. They’re even said to be more common than actual grass in the country.

Bob Marley was buried with his Bible, his guitar, and, of course, a bud of marijuana.

Teenagers smoke more pot in states where it’s illegal than states where it’s legal.

In order to die from a pot overdose, you’d need to smoke over 1,500 pounds of marijuana within 15 minutes.

In 2003, Canada became the first country in the world to offer medical marijuana to pain-suffering patients. And 15 years later, it’s legal.

Cameron Diaz used to buy weed from Snoop Dogg back in high school, long before either of them were famous.

The name marijuana comes from a Mexican slang term for cannabis, which is believed to have derived from the Spanish pronunciation of the names Mary and Jane.

George Washington used to grow pot. Many people suspect he smoked weed to alleviate the pain caused by 18th century dentures!

According to the United Nations, 158.8 million people around the world smoke weed. That’s over 3.8% of the world’s population.

In the 1890s, marijuana was commonly recommended as a substitute for alcohol, because weed use did not lead to domestic violence while alcohol abuse did.

When Barack Obama was in college, he was a member of the ‘Choom Gang,’ a group of boys who played basketball and smoked weed.

Paraguay is believed to be the world’s largest producer of marijuana, with Mexico a close second.

Approximately 9% of people who smoke weed become addicted. For comparison, cocaine has an addiction rate of 15%, while heroin is at 24%.

Americans have more than 200 names for marijuana. Reefer. Kush. Chronic. Dank. Bud. Ganja.

Cannabis has been known to effectively treat various ailments, including PTSD, depression, and chronic pain.

Since 2015, marijuana is the fastest growing industry in the U.S. If (and inevitably when) it becomes legal in all 50 states, it will become larger than the organic food market.