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Assigning you to the "Undecided Camp" was meant to be a jest!

Yes, I see that 'gutter-mouthed bat-boy' was simply trolling.

Nevertheless, I find fascinating the baroque complexity of human culture. Who would have thought that the practice of MJ smoking was so ancient and wide-spread?

And written about! Kind of puts Anslinger and his ilk in perspective. ;^)

I agree with your comments on human culture. I would quote King Solomon, though, in that "...there is nothing new under the sun." I think you'll find that mankind has always looked for ways to "get happy". I mean, for gosh sakes, what about those people who lick those toads that secrete an hallucinogenic fluid? Who was the first guy that said, "Hey, I think I'll lick this toad. Maybe I can get a buzz going!"

I don't know that all the assertions of this article as to when MJ was first smoked have any validity (trying to draw a connection between Jesus first public miracle at the wedding feast in Cana and canabis being a derivative of Cana is laughable) but I would venture to say that there was probably some ancient guy who was the first "Lone Stoner" if he happened to stumble across some hemp! LOL!

By the way, I do like your screen name. Shows you're not some wishy-washy fence-sitter, eh?