The earliest references I have so far been able to find to cannabis in Jamaica were in advertisements for a remedy for asthma. In the second half of the nineteenth century, and on into the 20th century, cannabis was included in a wide variety of remedies which were available by prescription or over the counter. The company of Grimault and Sons, of Paris, France, marketed cannabis cigars and cigarettes as such a remedy for asthma.
Grimault & Co.'s advertisements in Australian papers:
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Illustrated Sydney News, June 10, 1873
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Grimault's cannabis cigars and cigarettes for the relief of asthma were sold in Jamaica, by Edward Kinkead, from 1877 well on into the early decades of the 20th century:
Daily Gleaner, June 1, 1877
24, King Street.
A Case Grimault's Hypophosphite Lime Syrup
Indian Cigarettes for Asthma
Elixir de Pepaine, Syrup Phosphate Iron, &c., &c.
ED. D. KINKEAD.
24, King Street.
A Case Grimault's Hypophosphite Lime Syrup
Indian Cigarettes for Asthma
Elixir de Pepaine, Syrup Phosphate Iron, &c., &c.
ED. D. KINKEAD.
Daily Gleaner, August 31, 1880
18, King Street
Per Nith S.S. from London and French Steamer from Bordeaux.
A supply of Gisquela Asthmatic Cigars and Grimault's Cigars of Cannabis Indicus
ED. D. KINKEAD
18, King Street
Per Nith S.S. from London and French Steamer from Bordeaux.
A supply of Gisquela Asthmatic Cigars and Grimault's Cigars of Cannabis Indicus
ED. D. KINKEAD
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by the 1920s & '30s Grace, Kennedy was the agent for Grimault's Indian Cigarettes |
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