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Many Ways in Which the Potent Drug is Smuggled, 1904

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Many Ways in Which the Potent Drug is Smuggled “An Egyptian smoker of hasheesh is even a more helpless slave then the Chinese opium fiend. He knows that in the end he will become a madman, yet he rushes toward Read More …

The English Physician, 1778

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“This is so well known to every good housewife in the country, that I shall not need to write any description of it” -Nicholas Culpepper, in The English Physician, 1778 The English Physician, by Nicholas Culpepper – 1778 “Hemp This Read More …

Dance of the Hemp Dragon

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  舞麻龙 “hemp Dragon Dance”, Sichuan Province, China   Dance of the Hemp Dragon Ancient Chinese hemp harvest festival’s created a magical day of celebration.  This celebration would birth a magical creature…  The Hemp Dragon… For the Qiang people living Read More …

Sensimilla Shinobi, 1676

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“…a successful ninja is one who uses but one tool for multiple tasks” -The Bansenshukai c.1676 Ninja scene from – Iwami Buyuden by Hirosada, (Act 1) 1855 Sensimilla Shinobi The Ninja’s of Feudal Japan were arguably history’s greatest assassins.  The Read More …

Sweetly Burn my Throat with Cuttings, 324B.C.

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“And I will sweetly burn my throat with cuttings— A chimney, not a man.” -the Greek comic poet ‘Crobylus’, 324bc   Muhammed Siyah Qalam (Muhammed of the Black Pen). 14th century