Interesting. Go on, more details about the 90% less illegal aliens?
Right, the seeds have only trace amounts of THC, but other parts were known and used medicinally, including for the euphoric effect (not nearly naturally as strong as in the hybrid, bred strains around now).
I live in a tourist town and in the 90s the influx of illegals began and replaced most of the students and legal foreign temp workers in the motel and restaurant industries. By 2000 they had taken a majority of construction jobs here too. About two years ago I noticed that most of them seemed to have left. I made a passing remark to a friend that the lousy economy had sent them packing.
He and his wife are well-versed in the new MM laws and the people around here who are taking advantage of it. He replied; "they didn't leave because of the economy they left because most of them were selling Mexican pot and their market dried up when the pot shops opened." Made sense since the motels, restaurants and a good deal of the construction are still here.
...but other parts were known and used medicinally, including for the euphoric effect...
I know a little about TCM and have friends trained in it and have never heard of Chinese use of anything but the seeds. Not saying they don't but I've never heard it or seen it listed in their pharmacopeias.