SC - period potsmoking and other uses of hemp--

[Jenne Heise]

> --Herodotus, in his "History of the Persian Wars", describes how the
> Scythians got high by inhaling the smoke of cannabis.  They did not use
> pipes, instead they would gather in a closed tent and throw leave,
> flowers, and seeds onto burning coals.--

Might want to add that Galen talks about how inhaling the smoke of burning
hemp loosens the muscles, the sinews, and 'what flows'.

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at tulgey.browser.net
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