the image below is of a opium den on the East-side of London
All these man were notoriuos because of their use of drugs.
It started in the 17th century with the use of opium and hashiesh.
Don't forget that the sails of the ships were not made of cotton, that was far to expensive.
No, they were made of Hemp or canvas.
The word canvas comes from 'canabas' or 'canabis'.
Because of some pupils (apprentices) of famous Dutch painters, who used hemp themself, we know that in the middle ages there were lots of people who smoked weed, because it was cheaper than tobaco and you'd get stoned as well.
Aleister Crowley
Charles Baudelaire
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I'm pretty sure the hashish wasn't that strong back then, I think it was just finger-hash which was rolled together from the male leaves, don't know if they had female flowering tops back then.
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