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Uncle Joe

(58,406 posts)
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 06:18 AM Aug 2015

To boag or not to boag, that is the question.

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 playwright’s 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.


(snip)

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.

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To boag or not to boag, that is the question. (Original Post) Uncle Joe Aug 2015 OP
To sleep--perchance to smoke: ay, there's the weed, Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #1
That makes Calamity of so long life: Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #2
Pot enhances my creativity, and LuvNewcastle Aug 2015 #3
That doesn't surprise me and I agree on both counts. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #4
yes it does Fast Walker 52 Aug 2015 #8
Don't bogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to me... gregcrawford Aug 2015 #5
A most sincere plea which inspired the bogart blues. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #6
Rollllllll another one... cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #14
Fascinating case for legalization! merrily Aug 2015 #7
Not to mention the list of modern and past creative and successful people that partake or have Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #9
Sigh. merrily Aug 2015 #10
I appreciate your enlightened attitude, Bernie is on the correct side of this issue. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #11
That probably can be said of the war on drugs in general. merrily Aug 2015 #22
I agree, merrily, drug addiction should be treated more as an illness not a money making crime Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #23
Well, since people seem to have finally woken up to the fact that prisons are expensive, merrily Aug 2015 #25
You may be one of the luckiest people alive. Elmer S. E. Dump Aug 2015 #12
Not quite. I got addicted to caffeine, cigarettes and Excedrin. merrily Aug 2015 #16
P.S. If you want to see a full list of users, past users and suspected users, here it is. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #13
Thanks! Impressive crowd! merrily Aug 2015 #18
One of my favorites other than Al Gore is Morgan Freeman (God himself) Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #20
One other thing ties this list together-- almost all lived or are living long active lives. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2015 #15
Elvis' biggest problem was his quack doctor and legal drugs, Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #17
Agreed. Presuming he's dead. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2015 #19
I wouldn't be surprised if a hundred years from now, a new religion Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #21
Weed that knits up the raveled sleeve of care! ananda Aug 2015 #24

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
1. To sleep--perchance to smoke: ay, there's the weed,
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 06:53 AM
Aug 2015

For in that sleep of high what dreams may come
When we have toked off this mortal coil

Uncle Joe

(58,406 posts)
2. That makes Calamity of so long life:
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:02 AM
Aug 2015

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 Law’s delay

LuvNewcastle

(16,855 posts)
3. Pot enhances my creativity, and
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:19 AM
Aug 2015

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)
4. That doesn't surprise me and I agree on both counts.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:33 AM
Aug 2015


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.”


(snip)

With that in mind, a 2010 study by Morgan, Rothwell, et al. showed that one of marijuana’s primary properties is its ability to increase hyper-priming, or your ability to make connections between seemingly unrelated concepts. It’s 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 ABC’s “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 person’s 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)
8. yes it does
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 08:23 AM
Aug 2015

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)
5. Don't bogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to me...
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 08:01 AM
Aug 2015

... and thy bag of Doritos, if thou will, Will. For possessed am I with munchies most intolerable!

Uncle Joe

(58,406 posts)
9. Not to mention the list of modern and past creative and successful people that partake or have
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 08:47 AM
Aug 2015

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.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
10. Sigh.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 08:50 AM
Aug 2015

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)
11. I appreciate your enlightened attitude, Bernie is on the correct side of this issue.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 08:56 AM
Aug 2015

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)
22. That probably can be said of the war on drugs in general.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 09:20 AM
Aug 2015

One part Puritanism and one part greed, not necessarily equal parts.

Uncle Joe

(58,406 posts)
23. I agree, merrily, drug addiction should be treated more as an illness not a money making crime
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 09:32 AM
Aug 2015

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)
25. Well, since people seem to have finally woken up to the fact that prisons are expensive,
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 09:49 AM
Aug 2015

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.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
16. Not quite. I got addicted to caffeine, cigarettes and Excedrin.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 09:04 AM
Aug 2015

Like my daddy Rosannadanna said, "It's always something."

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts)
15. One other thing ties this list together-- almost all lived or are living long active lives.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 09:04 AM
Aug 2015

Some would claim even Elvis is doing well.

Uncle Joe

(58,406 posts)
21. I wouldn't be surprised if a hundred years from now, a new religion
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 09:11 AM
Aug 2015

springs up about him, the church of Elvis.

ananda

(28,875 posts)
24. Weed that knits up the raveled sleeve of care!
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 09:36 AM
Aug 2015

the innocent weed,
the high that knits up the raveled sleave of care,
The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,
Chief nourisher in life’s feast.

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