Did the greatest playwright the world has ever known have a taste for the wacky tobaccy? Did William Shakespeare have a case of the munchies while penning "Macbeth"? The answer may very well be "yes" ...

To smoke or not to smoke, that is the question: and, according to a study recently published in the South African Journal of Science, the bard with the beard’s answer was "yes." That’s right, William ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Aug. 10 (UPI) --South African researchers announced they found cannabis residue on pipe fragments found in William Shakespeare's garden. Francis Thackeray, an ...

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William Shakespeare sought inspiration by smoking weed in the sort of pipe commonly referred to as a "bong", a South African scientist has claimed. In a paper published in the South African Journal of ...

South African researcher Francis Thackeray, a professor in the Evolutionary Studies Institute in the University of the Witwatersrand, reports that he found cannabis residue in four clay smoking pipes ...

Too green or not too green? New research suggests that one of the world's most successful playwrights, William Shakespeare, may have imbibed in a spot of cannabis. South African scientists discovered ...

Analysis of tobacco pipes excavated from the Stratford upon Avon garden of William Shakespeare has revealed traces of cannabis. Residue from the 400-year-old pipes was forensically examined in South ...