Tolkien - Kingsfoil/Athenis, and Cannabis Fandom Herbs
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Athenis (also called Kingsfoil) was a healing herb of Middle-Earth. Was it real? Or a made up plant? Did Gandalf smoke cannabis? Was “pipe weed” really cannabis? Did cannabis inspire Tolkien?
https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Athelas
http://middleearthnews.com/2014/02/18/is-athelas-based-on-real-life-plant/
https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/is-hobbit-pipe-weed-cannabis-in-tolkiens-books
https://www.quora.com/In-the-Hobbit-movie-Saruman-says-to-Gandalf-your-love-of-the-halflings%E2%80%99-leaf-has-slowed-your-mind-Was-Gandalf-getting-high
Athenis (also called Kingsfoil) was a healing herb of Middle-Earth. Was it real? Or a made up plant? Did Gandalf smoke cannabis? Was “pipe weed” really cannabis? Did cannabis inspire Tolkien?
https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Athelas
http://middleearthnews.com/2014/02/18/is-athelas-based-on-real-life-plant/
https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/is-hobbit-pipe-weed-cannabis-in-tolkiens-books
https://www.quora.com/In-the-Hobbit-movie-Saruman-says-to-Gandalf-your-love-of-the-halflings%E2%80%99-leaf-has-slowed-your-mind-Was-Gandalf-getting-high
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