According to Ernest Abel, a historian who composed Marijuana – The First Twelve Thousand Years, which is a historic article of the ancient known use of marijuana, stated that archaeologists recorded the earliest known use of cannabis in 10,000 B.C.(Drug Library). Archaeologists have inspected that the people of the prehistoric used the cannabis plant as a fiber for clothes; hemp. Aside from clothing, the ancient people used it as a key component in ropes, nets, and also used it as a main ingredient in paper (Drug Library). The early people also consumed the hemp's seed and it is hypothesized that they were to have had access to its medicinal benefits. According to an anonymous writer for San Diego Earth Times which explains the history and benefits of hemp, “Hemp is the most useful and beneficial plant in nature” (San Diego Earth Times). With this said, it was used in ancient times as a form of food, body care, and an early form of paper. This event is relevant to the legalization of medical marijuana because this event paves the first footsteps showing that even people in the prehistoric times have adapted to the earliest forms of marijuana for their own beneficial use before the recognition as medicine. This event shows that prehistoric people used medical marijuana and relating back to the topic of states not allowing it is a argument that goes on today.