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Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,
Or to smoke a big bowl and chill out
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/william-shakespeare/11792533/Cannabis-discovered-in-tobacco-pipes-found-in-William-Shakespeares-garden.html
Cannabis discovered in tobacco pipes found in William Shakespeare's garden
Forensic testing of 400-year-old pipes suggest playwright might have smoked more than just tobacco
South African scientists have discovered that 400-year-old tobacco pipes excavated from the garden of William Shakespeare contained cannabis, suggesting the playwright might have written some of his famous works while high.
Residue from early 17th century clay pipes found in the playwrights garden, and elsewhere in Stratford-Upon-Avon, were analysed in Pretoria using a sophisticated technique called gas chromatography mass spectrometry, the Independent reports.
Of the 24 fragments of pipe loaned from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to University of the Witwatersrand, cannabis was found in eight samples, four of which came from Shakespeare's property.
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In Sonnet 76, he writes about invention in a noted weed", which could be interpreted to mean that Shakespeare was willing to use weed, or cannabis, while he was writing.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)For in that sleep of high what dreams may come
When we have toked off this mortal coil
Uncle Joe
(58,406 posts)For who would bear the Whips and Scorns of for profit prisons,
The Oppressor's wrong, the proud man's hypocrisy,
The pangs of despised Reefer Madness and, the Laws delay
LuvNewcastle
(16,855 posts)many other people have told me the same thing. Next time you get high, grab a pen and paper and write down the things you think about. If you don't write it down, though, you'll forget all about it.
Uncle Joe
(58,406 posts)http://www.neboagency.com/blog/the-science-behind-cannabis-and-creativity/
During a government background check in 1988, Steve Jobs famously remarked:
The best way I would describe the effect of the marijuana and the hashish is that it would make me relaxed and creative.
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With that in mind, a 2010 study by Morgan, Rothwell, et al. showed that one of marijuanas primary properties is its ability to increase hyper-priming, or your ability to make connections between seemingly unrelated concepts. Its the cause behind those famous and well-parodied Aha! moments when a high person suddenly realizes a deep truth about himself after noticing something inconsequential like a dead worm on the sidewalk; or how a weed-fueled conversation can go from whether or not the guy from ABCs Nashville was also in an episode of Boy Meets World (he was) to the pros and cons of Taco Bell quesadillas in no time flat.
Marijuana also causes your brain to release the neurochemical called dopamine, which gives users the signature calm, euphoric feeling. It also helps reduce your inhibitions and turn off your inner-editor while writing, drawing, or brainstorming. People high on marijuana often describe their thoughts and feelings as moving more freely, almost flowing through them.
Last, research suggests that cannabis blurs the lines between a persons five senses, allowing for an increased capacity for wonder and awe. It enhances your ability to marvel at things, somehow allowing you to experience events in a profound, internal way.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)I used to write and draw and design things a lot while high. It was hard to ever finish any more involved project though.
gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)... and thy bag of Doritos, if thou will, Will. For possessed am I with munchies most intolerable!
Uncle Joe
(58,406 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Just like the other one...
merrily
(45,251 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,406 posts)partaked.
1. Steve Jobs
2. Bill Gates. Not confirmed, just very strongly hinted at in the Playboy interview
3. Al Gore
4. Willy Nelson
5. Paul McCartney
6. Rick Steves
7. Barack Obama
8. Carl Sagan
9. Seth McFarlane
10.Michael Phelps
11. Allen Ginsberg
12. Andy Warhol
13. Anjelica Huston
14. Of course Bill Clinton never inhaled
15. Bill Murray
16. Bob Denver
17. The Beatles
18. Bob Dylan
19. Bob Marley
20. Chris Rock
21. Conan O'Brien
22. Carlos Santana
23. Cary Grant
24. Cheech Marin
25. Dizzy Gillespie
26. Dr Francis Crick. Nobel Prize winner
27. Drew Barrymore
28. Duke Ellington
29. Edgar Allen Poe
30. Elvis Presley. Singer, FBI informer
31. Ernest Hemmingway. Author
32. Errol Flynn
33. George Washington.
34. George Soros
35. The Greatful Dead
36. Jack Nicholson
37. Morgan Freeman
38. James Brown
39. John Denver
40. Jimi Hendrix
41. Jim Morrison
42. John Keats. Poet
43. Johnny Cash
44. Kelsey Grammar
45. Kirk Douglas
46. Lewis Carroll. Author 'Alice in Wonderland'
47. Martin Sheen
48. Mary Tyler Moore
49. Mick Jagger
50. Paul Simon
I stopped at 50 but the list is kind of endless.
I get bad headaches from both booze and pot--only the briefest of highs--if you call numbness a high--from booze and no high at all from pot. So, I'll never know. Still, I favor legalization.
Uncle Joe
(58,406 posts)The war against cannabis has been far more destructive to our democratic republic than the weed itself from a social, racial and economic point of view.
merrily
(45,251 posts)One part Puritanism and one part greed, not necessarily equal parts.
Uncle Joe
(58,406 posts)for the immoral and corruptive for profit prison industry, if anything should be outlawed, it should be that vile institution.
Education and medical treatment are the keys to success, not incarceration.
Too many peoples lives have been ruined and families torn apart because of this modern day, shortsighted, greed and race based prohibition.
merrily
(45,251 posts)many things may be possible now that seemed impossible before. Of course they didn't just wake up to the cost of imprisonment, but their greed, for want of a better word, is finally outpacing their punitiveness. In Utah, they've even built housing for homeless people because (as has long been known), housing people costs society less than homelessness costs society.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)Like my daddy Rosannadanna said, "It's always something."
Uncle Joe
(58,406 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,406 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)Some would claim even Elvis is doing well.
Uncle Joe
(58,406 posts)that's what killed him.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,406 posts)springs up about him, the church of Elvis.
ananda
(28,875 posts)the innocent weed,
the high that knits up the raveled sleave of care,
The death of each days life, sore labors bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great natures second course,
Chief nourisher in lifes feast.