Pirate Potheads? On Drugs and Tobacco in the Golden Age of Piracy

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Pirates are famous for drinking rum. Their favorite drink was to mix rum, sugar and lime juice into punch, and serve it in a bowl. This scene was almost ritualistic, and wherever there was a punch bowl, there were pipes and tobacco. Pirates loved to smoke: but what about other substances, like opium, cocaine and cannabis?
Modern sources
1700: Scenes from London Life - Maureen Waller
The Buccaneer's Realm - Benerson Little
Islanders in the Stream - Michael Craton
Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire - Mark G. Hanna
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Period sources
The Sea-man's Vade-Mecum - William Mountaine
A Cruising Voyage Round the World - Woodes Rogers
The Supplement of the Voyage round the World - William Dampier
A relation of the great sufferings - Henry Pitman
Wafer's New Voyage - Lionel Wafer
Timestamps
0:00 On Tobacco
10:35 Indian Tobacco
11:48 Other drugs?
#pirates #history #tobacco

[@Alex-cw3rz]

The school I went to is very old, it was founded in 1509 and at one point they had compulsory smoking lessons, in the morning and afternoon and any pupil not smoking would be punished. This was because it was during a period of the plague and the school was situated in the grave yard of the local cathedral and due to the miasma theory, they thought they could ward it off by filling the air with the smell of tobacco.

[@mCfOooL322]

Super interesting. Where is this by the way? The Caribbean I'm guessing?

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@mCfOooL322 No in Britain

[@mCfOooL322]

@@Alex-cw3rz Oh lmao neat!

[@SofaKingShit]

I was like "that's undoubtedly bs" but since I'm stoned in bed and since have nothing better to do l searched and it checks out. I suppose they caned any students who were caught behind the privy because they were avoiding smoking.

[@aidanhammer6968]

​@@Alex-cw3rzI would love to research this! I can find it based on the info, however if you let me know I can be more accurate and have better sources! Much love brother!

[@MichaelSmith-xb5cp]

Tobacco at one point was considered substitute of legal tender. As valuable as coin, light to carry like paper but less easy to counterfeit, even sailors of the early version of US Navy demanded it as the preferred form of wages. Readily tradable commodity like gold or silver.

[@dalemoss4684]

The shipwrecked crew of the VOC ship Zeewijk (1727) described smoking a"fragrant, salty herb" they found on the abrolhos islands in lieu of tobacco. Many broken clay pipes were found at their campsite on Gun Island and are still found today as crabs dig them up

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

They smoked some dried out seaweed 😂

[@salkoharper2908]

It is the main reason why Amsterdam became the 1st city in the world to legalise smoking marijuana. The Dutch traders and merchants had been transporting spices, ivory, coffee, sugar etc into the port for centuries. Amsterdam became the port city where all the exotic goods of the New World and the Orient were landed. A whole lot of narcotics would have been shipped too, along with sugar and spices. Hemp, Marijuana, Rum, Opium. All were being shipped into the port as regularly as Tea. Even today, Rotterdam is the largest cargo port in Europe and also the largest drug smuggling port in Europe too. The Dutch have always been the shipping and merchant focus in North West Europe.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

I bought drugs off the Internet once and they came from the Netherlands

[@buck_swope]

The Dutch sure are good at being (((merchants)))

[@domenstrmsek5625]

Joke 50 weed and 50 sea becoming more real now

[@briandoczahm]

It’s not legal there. Merely tolerated.

[@rohanthandi4903]

Evil mercantilist colonials. Filthy western europeans

[@alexrexaros9837]

That was... (puff). A good video. (puff). Yeah. (puff). God bless. (puff).

[@turtleofpride4572]

Okay Tolkien

[@petrolmonkey1973]

So I took another puffffff

[@lieutenantdanny]

Gobbless. (Rip)

[@planexshifter]

You gonna pass that?

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Okay Smaug

[@mattmiraglia3199]

"If she smokes she pokes!" -Lois Griffin

[@1eye1tear95]

Who is Lois

[@commathreeprod.7937]

​@@1eye1tear95 The vile woman

[@Dead_Kal_Cress]

@@1eye1tear95peter's wife

[@gilflannigan3910]

​@@Dead_Kal_Cressuahahha

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

@@1eye1tear95 The band KISS knows of her as "Loose-Lois".

[@YewrinePish]

Yo when I drink rum and smoke mad weed I walk like a pirate

[@YewrinePish]

@@davesmith3023 you look like the gravitron

[@bukuloko]

Same bro😂

[@pawlpoche8736]

😂😂😂😂😂🎉

[@YewrinePish]

@pawlpoche8736 big bless Paulie, happy new year bubba

[@buddhaboy-]

… but do you talk like a pirate, too?

[@aussieflintkapping]

The Stranglethorn Vale music was a fantastic addition 👌🏻

[@dstinnettmusic]

The inventiveness of people who want to smoke never ceases to amaze.

[@jacktribble5253]

Your level of detail is without rival. Your presentation is priceless.

[@jon6039]

I've heard that smoking pot was quite fashionable among British officers during the regency period but I've never seen any real evidence. Still funny to think about

[@thomastheawesome4822]

White clay pipes are still made, I smoke them often and some of my favorites are still the long stemmed pipes.

[@MarquisDeSang]

Same, with “Salty Dogs” plug tobacco.

[@thomastheawesome4822]

@@MarquisDeSang if you want a good clay pipe, look up Old German Clay. They sell through other vendors but you should have no problem finding their products

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

Did you ever plan on doing some videos on non-golden age pirates? The Mediterranean is basically thousands of years of nonstop piracy.

[@kalvinchester4068]

He has a separate channel that is dedicated to topics like that. Called "Baltic Empire."

[@Cristian-ii4xm]

Off topic but that World of Warcraft stranglethorn vale music in the beginning threw me off in a good way.

[@FrankMonday]

I was born in the 70’s and my first grade teacher smoked in the classroom. She had a huge bronze ashtray on her desk and smoked long brown cigarillos. She also drank bourbon out of a tea cup and cursed ill-behaved kids with harsh language. Very old school. 😂

[@overdrive112]

How has no one said it yet, the Stranglethorn Vale theme fits perfectly!!

[@mysteryorc]

First thing I noticed lmao

[@Dregkar]

Gave me war flashbacks

[@user-iz4tg4fz8b]

literally hearing WOW music as an intro to this video kept me

[@Thatdudewiththedogs]

Why do I keep thinking it’s Barrens music and not STV?

[@maximepelchat9019]

I was playing wow while watching this. Like wtf this sounds familliar

[@junglerajah7838]

I love these videos that you’re uploading regarding Caribbean pirates as it sheds light on one of the most misunderstood eras of human history. Btw, I remember you briefly mentioning on how pirates had an influence on modern day capitalism on one of your videos. Perhaps that could be one of your ideas for future content.

[@cyclocrossthesea-lionman1824]

East Indian trading company.

[@Barakon]

More Modern pirates would definitely smoke weed.

[@Badgerlust]

They do

[@Lupine.]

The music has me on edge. I subconsciously am on the lookout for rogues.

[@hyvsan9425]

Where is it from? It sounds so familiar

[@laszlomatyasovszky7696]

@@hyvsan9425 Its WoW Stranglethorn Vale music. Nice touch.

[@johnbonnie977]

The puff bit was great. Whoever wrote it ( or translated it )is funny

[@unknowntrooper_2791]

Now this was a fun and interesting video. Cheers!

[@DB-lx1nj]

This thumbnail goes extra hard, incredible job mate

[@LxrdBreezy00]

I said the same thing. Lil homie got a lil pimp hat on😂

[@ericdeutsch6079]

So informative. Pirate culture is so interesting. Also I love your voice.

[@tboudewijns113]

Putting my videos on this subject on the Allemansend Re-enactment channel to shame, with your research and imaginative descriptions of sights and smells. Keep it up.

[@GoldandGunpowder]

don't say that we love your videos

[@cosmic.awareness]

​@@GoldandGunpowder Glad I caught you in a short reply. Where do you get the idea that this is Twilight the vampire movie? I say not one what you call day is guaranteed and you respond accordingly YET contradict with absurd ideas. Please just kill me. You and many others are too much. What is wrong with understanding through history? Why not just accept the process? It's going to happen whether we all like it or not. lol you people are very frustrating.

[@swayback7375]

The algo is doing you dirty man! I’ve not seen you in my feed in 4 months… I didn’t know how much I needed it!

[@baronsaturday9560]

I like the psychotropic effect of weed, your toughts work so much quicker and are much 'deeper' than normal, and you're never bored in your free time when you smoke. You become more creative with everything, and it makes you friendly and peaceful. (but don't do it too much at once if you're not used to it, because it can make you paranoid or scared, and it takes a bit o/t the top effect away if you do it too much & too often) I smoke from around 1987 and still enjoy it very much, I wouldn't wanna live without it. For me it would take the playfulness of life away.. POT IS FUN! (groetuitholland! ;)

[@pawlpoche8736]

I totally agree I started smoking at the same time 1987-88 and enjoy it every day. In flower form or in edible form. I’m 51 now.

[@reinhardt3090]

It may work for you and that's great but it can be a very destructive thing for many. It can for some cause the opposite of everything you've said. Sometimes it starts great but over time as with most drugs you need more to feel the same level of high. Psychoactive drugs aren't something to be taken lightly.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

Thank you for the good advice Baron. Very good in small amounts. Love it.

[@newmoonwithface]

@@reinhardt3090 bro is just weed 😭

[@JR-zi9vj]

And its still a psychoactive drug. I smoke and love weed but theres plenry of people who weed makes them losers who do it all the time too much. Like any substance, caffeine, sugar, alcohol it should be treated in moderation​@newmoonwithface

[@Durgenheim]

Triggered my PTSD with that STV music in the intro. Thanks, now I’m going to hide under my bed.

[@conradhooker5043]

I like the world of Warcraft background music. If I remember correctly it was strangle thorn vale soundtrack.

[@DrewskiTheLegend]

I thought I recognized it. I miss WoW.

[@Antidoton]

No you don't 😂 it's worse than crack

[@Journeyman107]

HARD WORK, QUALITY, AND DEDICATION PAYS OFF so happy to see this channel grow

[@corvusscottwilliams4751]

Yo Ho! Glad I found your channel. Just subscribed. All the best from Penzance Cornwall England.. Still full of Pirates and plenty of pirate stories. 🏴‍☠️

[@LaNina_DJ]

another Pz pothead here lol and yo ho ho

[@peterwilson5528]

I really enjoyed your video. Your enthusiasm for the subject brought it all to life. Thank you :)

[@matthewwilson4941]

I'd love to get a print of that Amsterdam pothead painting 😂

[@japple1080]

your channel needs to blow up this is so interesting!

[@eyesturnedeverinward]

😂 that thumbnail. Bro got that monkey yassed out 😂

[@MrMiniMike99]

Great to watch with a cheeky smoke…

[@ronliebermann]

I read once that Barbados had better tobacco than America. It was supposedly a milder smoke.

[@Blefooo]

I find the thought really amusing that a really tired pirate accidentally mistook their tobacco holder and grabbed their gun and started to put it in their mouth with the every other pirate looking at them like they are insane.

[@Praetor_Fenix420]

Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms... a pirate's life for me!

[@an_otherwanderer]

That Stranglethorn theme hit me harder than i expected :,)

[@captaingreentoker]

I’ve been waiting for this video

[@Hoosierdaddyjones812]

Imagine the old people and pirates smoking what we smoke on these days lol

[@javiermartinezjr8849]

Lol or worrying about when your dealer aka a Spanish ship bound from Phillipines would be seen over horizon waiting six months as you go threw opium and weed withdrawals had to suck lol

[@Hoosierdaddyjones812]

@@davesmith3023 you smoke meat poles?

[@jackrice2770]

I've read in several sources that products from the Asian market were frequenly transported by the Spanish across the Pacific, by land across Mexico and then trans-shipped to Spain via the Caribbean-based routes, being a faster (!) route than west around the Cape of Good Hope (you needed a lot of hope sailing there). According to these sources it was not unheard of for a pirate to score a shipload of silks, ivory, spices and various Asian products. Admittedly, this was no doubt rare, and would have been a sweet, sweet score (i can feel the delight myself!). Opium was known to the Romans, and while extremely rare, and therefore expensive, it was used, obviously, to treat severe pain, It was certainly not used recreationally in Europe until modern times. Hemp was a major colonial product...Europe used a LOT of rope...chains were expensive and there wasn't steel cable...and although the euphoric effects of the type used for fiber is not comparable to the variety so popular now, even Midwest farm boys in the US in the '30s knew about 'ditch weed'. Thus I expect that ganja (the euphoria-producing variety of cannabis) was also a rare and warmly greeted prize, both for its profit potential (we're thieves...we do it for the money, duh) and for personal use. I can imagine there were votes on how much of these exotic cargoes was to be sold and how much reserved for use by the crew...I expect the quartermaster had his work cut out for him keeping those knotheads from keeping all the good stuff, the good brandy and wine, a bolt of silk, a small chest of opium or ganja. Obviously at some point ganja was brought to the New World...Bob Marley, you know...but I've not been able to find a source that dates when it was first grown in Jamaica or anywhere else. Much is made of George Washington growing hemp...but that was the variety best used for fiber, although again, if Kansas farm boys knew a few leaves of hemp got you buzzed, I expect ol' George knew it too. Last comment (I promise): keep in mind that tobacco is indeed a mind- and mood-altering drug. It is the only drug that both increases alertness and produces a calming effect due to the neurotransmitter cascade it induces. If you think about it, a drug this useful might have long-term health risks, but we're talking about people who were lucky to live to 40..."long-term health risk" is kinda silly and these people would have gotten a big laugh out of that idea. "Aye, Matey! Long term be next month!" "Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies...".

[@michellemahone1291]

I am a cannabis grower and breeder in Oklahoma. "Hemp" is a legal term, allowable THC levels differ from country to country Cannabis has 3 varieties, Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica, and Cannabis Ruderalis Only the female plants produce the buds which are used for THC products. Once the buds have been stripped of THC, the remaining plant material of stems and stalks are now called "Hemp" Hemp can be made from any "Marijuana" plant. Why we can legally buy "Hempseeds" which grow "Marijuana" plants online. Legal nonsense Most "Hemp" is made from Cannabis Sativa. In Photo regular seeds, about 15 percent will be males. The males have no buds, just pollen sacs and contain zero THC, why every male is "Hemp" Even the seeded female plants will produce THC, the seeded bud can be sifted into Hashish, which had been done for thousands of years wherever it was used. Found in ancient Israelites sites etc... There is a lot of confusion due to the legal definitions of the cannabis plant, historically, the plant used for "Hemp" production would have been Cannabis Sativa. Before laboratory testing and genetic modification made it possible to remove THC from Cannabis like Removing Capsaicin from A Jalapeno (Nadapeno). The plants grown throughout history would have absolutely been considered "Marijuana" plants, and when made into Hashish, would have been just as potent as today's stuff, maybe even better since they probably had better Terpene profile and entourage effect

[@grimace4257]

Get a load of this dork

[@xXBisquitsXx]

I cannot read your wall of text because it hurts my eyes. please use paragraphs, makes it so much easier to read on a screen.

[@mj.l]

people talk a lot about how much stronger cannabis is nowadays - and while that is true, it is also true that humans have enjoyed the psychoactive properties of cannabis for thousands of years. there are a range of different extracts used around the world too, such as the famous hashish of iran, afghanistan, indian charas etc, so i certainly wouldn’t underestimate the potency of historical weed

[@urghey990]

the "hemp" they used for rope back in the old days was the same plant that produced the high. It's the same species. While it's true that stalky, branching plants were favored and bred for obvious reasons (they were after the fibers in the stalks) and those plants will typically not be as resinous- its not as if the THC concentration was regulated in any way like how it is now. So while it wasn't exactly the dankest nugs, it wasn't the delta-9 bereft cannabis plants that are used for industrial hemp these days.

[@TheHellfiremissile]

Thanks for the video. Very informative of history of weed(s). Cheers

[@roelantverhoeven371]

I believe those paintings are by flemish Artist Adriaen Brouwer, same language, but at that time big difference, as it belonged to the catholic, spanish empire. there's an exhibition in the fine arts museum of Antwerp atm about striking faces and portraits, his work shows a lot there :'D.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

And now it's part of Belgium instead of the Netherlands.

[@Mr.Kthehybrid]

Awesome video as always 👍

[@SilverWatcher.]

A freshman in high-school does more drugs then a pirate god bless America 😅😂

[@mysterycrumble]

every video is a real education! thank you!

[@heinrichmuller7974]

i read a story, i can't remember what book exactly but it was for a mesoamerican history class. the story told of how cortez's crew was made up of sailors from all over, not just spaniards. that these sailors brought with them many seeds, including their favourite strains of marijuana, and when they turned up in tenochitlan, the floating city, the locals there took the seeds and grew them using their own techniques like weeding out male plants to create more potent smoke. they say thats how some indica strains got introduced into south america. i'd believe there's some truth in this story.

[@bobdollaz3391]

Sounds fascinating and potentially true

[@deeespinal9666]

Factssss. Shipmates in Europe varied in backgrounds. Many we're criminals on the run, vagabonds, estranged hipsters of the sea

[@heinrichmuller7974]

when i first read it, i remember thinking that its totally plausible @@bobdollaz3391

[@victorkreig6089]

Nope, all a bunch of fantasy It's rare to find accurate information with actual sources worth their salt in any modern texts to speak of, especially post 1930's Embellishment is king

[@heinrichmuller7974]

that maybe true for the earlier Chichimec, and earlier still, Olmec civilizations but there are 5 or 6 Aztec codices that survived burning, and a lot more still of Spanish accounts from those earliest contact interactions, mostly from catholic priests. the Spanish kept wonderful records which survive to this day in their archives. i guess what i'm saying is that it's there, if you look for it. @@victorkreig6089

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

Your research and presentation make you one of my favorite channels, you info is always on point…. But I got to call you out on breaking long stem pipes for sanitary reasons The long stems do break easily, but they were not purposely broken. Tavern keepers kept special holders to put the pipe in and put it on to coals of a fire to clean. Pipes were rented out in pubs The long size just makes for a good smoke. George Washington bought a gross delivered from England in 1768

[@user-rq8hv8iu8p]

Talk about “sailing the HIGH seas” 😅

[@The_Not_So_Great_Cornholio]

A lot of the reason we have really good weed in the W Hemisphere now is because the hippies that took spiritual journeys to India, Afghanistan, etc. brought back a bunch of seeds and started growing, crossbreeding, etc.

[@JJE18210]

God bless em'!

[@StingraySativaCo]

Vietnam vets, as well as surfers

[@CarputingYT]

Great topic to cover

[@PickleRick65]

Good Work. Keep it up👍👌💪💪

[@nadger6240]

Elwynn forest ambience at around 4:20, very feint, i had this sudden feeling of nostalgia as i heard it start. Nice.

[@runeapples]

STV soundtrack in the background has me feeling like I'm alt tabbed.

[@Morristown337]

Marijuana in many forms mixed with Terpenes seem to be replacing tobacco in America today.

[@beanlord4347]

Favorite history channel posts again lets go

[@g1stylempdesign929]

The gentleman’s testimony about getting stoned on Marijuana was dead on. Depending on your disposition it could be Beautifully enlightening, or create a paranoia, worst of all people losing a sense of reality and losing their mind. Great stuff. Well done.

[@peterwilson5528]

As a kid growing up in Kent, England in the 1960s my dad used to take us to the Kent coast on holidays. Very beautiful places, New Romney, Rye, all along the coast into Sussex sometimes. I went to some coastal bars they had family rooms and there was smog of tobacco smoke inside all the walls were a horrible yellow colour and the toilet stank as no one had ever managed to urinate in any urinal. It was god awful terrible. Grim, and that was one of the only entertainment apart from betting shops talking about politics and taxes. Or so it seemed to me then. Getting drunk seemed to be the primary occupation after work. Everyone seemed bored or escaping some unknown horror. But my dad liked the outdoors after growing up during the blitz on a beautiful Devon farm with lovely people. So I got to see nature and it took me on many adventures in the future. People with spirit will always seek escape. Others will just seek spirit.

[@Defenestration_]

this is your best thumbnail yet 🔥 🔥

[@mattshepherd1736]

Imagine the parrot gets addicted to tobacco smokes so it bites you to get more smoke

[@Garbagefly]

If she smokes she pokes

[@ClearConscience.]

😂

[@pauljones796]

Yes this is the kind of shit I want to see love it. This definitely would of been my life back in the day

[@GDBUNIT]

Love the Stranglethorn Veil music in the background

[@bustavonnutz]

Literally clicked on this drinking a rum fruit punch cocktail wtf

[@javiermartinezjr8849]

Good man

[@crabwalkarms7347]

I can agree with the pirates on tobacco being a simple pleasure for those that already live hard simple lives. Look a every developing country. Tobacco makes the hard work just a little more bearable.

[@crabwalkarms7347]

@@davesmith3023 i never said it was good for ya lol

[@thebobbalo1]

Smoke tobacco everyday 🏴‍☠️

[@AgencyIsland]

Arr matey, this be a most pleasin video to watch

[@TW_SlingStone]

They would keep smoldering cannon fuse hanging on the starboard bow to light their pipes

[@planexshifter]

That powder snuff up the nose is INTENSE.

[@nzx9126]

STV music on intro, Ya got me, Liked followed subd

[@bookofroger]

You posted this despite knowing it could’ve done better if posted on 4/20. A true Chad!

[@user-ce5vd2qv7y]

*Puff Puff Arrrrgghh

[@xWESTICLESx]

Yo-ho, yo-ho, I am fucking stoned.

[@Lakupeep]

Came for the title, stayed for the STV music

[@maximepelchat9019]

I don't think I can watch this video longer without going at war against horde players.

[@reggiedidszuhn5173]

The thumbnail 😂 I wanna buy a oil painting of that

[@purpahazzee6019]

The world of warcraft music in the back round lop

[@SuperMrHiggins]

Always been curious about betel nuts. Can’t remember what the active ingredient is.

[@eazygamer8974]

It crazy how accurate the description of Marijuana was. If you've been drinking alot the last thing you want to do is smoke after or youll get the spins and your in for a bad time.

[@hellgato777]

We have a saying for that where im from and it goes like this ; Bud before beer your in the clear. Beer before bud your in the mud.

[@GunSlingerClyde]

I found a statue in the picture at @10:36 in a goodwill near me and ended up buying. all i knew was it had taino background and i'm puetro rican which is was also interesting that it stood out to me. any other info on it? I've been trying to find stuff out about it for awhile....crazy seeing it in this video, been on a pirate kick lately

[@SuperMrHiggins]

Snuff isn’t quite inhaled. You get it to go in your lower sinus cavities. It’s not like snorting other substances. Just a pointless fyi. Used if for a few years ages ago.

[@FettTheWatcher]

Grinding the leaves and seeds... oh man they picked the worst part of the plant.

[@sparkleypegs8350]

What kind of spider has a fang large enough to be used as a toothpick? Ewww!

[@re4nimate]

Playing WoW Classic while listening to this video was hella confusing, ngl. "Why the hell am I hearing Stranglethorn Vale's music..? I'm in Teldrassil..."

[@harbinger200]

Archeologist found 10.000 Skitian graves with equipment for cannabis smoking. Skitians where Slav so its no only in Asia.

[@spudeism]

Skitian? Scythian?

[@RK-ej1to]

Pretty sure ruderalis is native to that area, the short growing season being why they don’t flower based on a photo period.

[@chrispoe8404]

Even Tobacco?!!?! They obviously went too far! 😂😂😂

[@nikevisor54]

Curious how you do your research for these. Do you have a journal subscription or access to historical archives through an institution?

[@GoldandGunpowder]

sources in the video descriptions

[@pup1008]

English pirates also used to put gunpowder in rum! 👍

[@user-ts4be8yg8p]

Yeah when i was in Jr high thru senior high we had a smoking bench 1970's

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

We legally chewed tobacco in classrooms and smoked outside at school. Teachers put booze in their coffee cups. The principal spanked us with a paddle. Weed was ok at lunchtime outside at school if discreet. Drinking beer riding in the back bed of the pickup truck with your friends was fine with the law as long as a parent was driving the truck. Cigarettes were perfectly okay for any age anywhere because we were Americans and we had a right to enjoy our life. Seatbelts were for race car drivers not passenger vehicles. We kids were punished by our parents while they were driving just by slamming on the brakes. Chewing gum in most classrooms was not allowed though. That was America back in the 70s alright.

[@Uncle_Roadkill]

As twas said in a jolly sea shanty by Snoop the Sea Dogg - smoke weed every day

[@ComodoroTitas]

Could u pls do a bio of Ned Low Pls? keep the good work mate

[@lerenardroux]

Hey nice Barrens music! :)

[@miapdx503]

The tobacco they smoked was way less toxic than what we're smoking now. They've added so many chemicals to it. Because, we were just too healthy?

[@TheRealFeechLaManna]

Actually, only cigarettes have a bunch of chemicals added to it. Most pibe tobaccos and cigar tobaccos have none of that stuff, it would have to be some really cheap aromatic pibe or cigar tobacco to have been treated with anything but a wash in natural materials to ensure the branded product has the same basic flavour across batches of tobacco from different places and years.

[@woah6958]

​@@TheRealFeechLaMannaExtra nictotine is added to all tobacco to make it more addictive. Unless you grow your own tobacco (which incurs a bigger penalty that growing marijuana), you have absolutely no idea what it is cured with.

[@shepberryhill4912]

@@woah6958 That's bullshit on all counts.

[@woah6958]

@@shepberryhill4912 Look it up

[@treader3126]

@@shepberryhill4912 Tobacco grown today is stronger than the stuff in the 1500s tbf

[@rubbymcrubrub1369]

I just dropped by to say that's a glorious thumbnail

[@JeffersonsTree]

Great choice of background music, by the way does anyone know where to find Mankrik’s wife.?

[@merafirewing6591]

Pirates going high, now that's something new.

[@ontoya1]

I swear to god Tekking must be subscribed to this channel lol. You dont gotta tell us tho GG 😂

[@Baul_Punyan]

I find it weird as a smoker to always be asked to move to the back of the ship.

[@ericneiman5556]

Crab claw pipe. Thats news to me. Pirates were cool 😎