History of Marijuana
(Excerpted from Grandpa's Marijuana Handbook)
Furthermore, what else except marijuana could explain the cave drawings at Altamira in Northern Spain? These drawings are twenty or more thousand years old and yet very advanced, very sophisticated. The draftsmanship is first-rate, the blending of line and shape with the contours of the cave walls extraordinary. How could these early men have created such brilliant work if they didn't have some sort of mind-altering, synapse-snapping booster to bring these talents to the surface? What better than two or three hits off a fat joint to
elevate one's thoughts and stimulate those creative juices?
Again, exercising a little literary license, such art may have come about
in this way. Several cavemen are lounging around the fire of an evening and
they engage in conversation.
"Ugh," Org says, nodding meaningfully.
Gor grunts and Larry points at the fire and barks like a dog. Oopah grins
wackily and Org says ugh again. Nobody says anything for five minutes and then
Larry produces a foot-long joint of high quality Upper Jurassic weed and smiles
light up every face there.
Larry lights the joint with a burning ember, hits it a mighty draught, and
hands it around. Everybody follows suit and by the time the joint has been reduced
to roach status the boys are stoned for a fare-thee-well. The ensuing conversation
goes like this.
"Say, that's damn good weed," Org says.
"I'll say," Oopah rejoins. "It certainly does raise one's consciousness level,
doesn't it?"
"Yeah, it makes you want to do, you know, something creative like...like..."
Larry says.
"Like paint a bison on a cave wall!" Org says with a rush.|
"A bison with contours!" Oopah exclaims
"And with sweeping, curved strokes to give it a timeless look!" Larry says
Thus inspired, these previously marijuana-free troglodytes were changed into
highly skilled artists capable of producing sophisticated art the equal of any
created since and it was all because they were stoned and operating in a different
dimension than their straight, pot-free moralizing pals who belonged to that
numerous tribe of naysayers who have always resisted anything involving fun.
