How cannabis is consumed. In a 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 17.4 million people in the United States said they had used marijuana in the past month. According to the survey, marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug.
Now the largest city in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia served as the nationâs capital from 1790 until a permanent capital was established in Washington, D.C., in 1800. Both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were signed in Philadelphia.
William Penn acquired the territory which became Pennsylvannia in 1681 as a place of settlement for England's Quakers. Penn had Philadelphia, The City of Brotherly Love, laid out in 1682 at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers.This location gave Philadelphia access to the inland agricultural areas and to sources of coal and iron ore for its iron industry.enn had Philadelphia, The City of Brotherly Love, laid out in 1682 at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. This location gave Philadelphia access to the inland agricultural areas and to sources of coal and iron ore for its iron industry.