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.

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.

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

"If she smokes she pokes!" -Lois Griffin

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

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.

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

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. 😂

The Stranglethorn Vale music was a fantastic addition 👌🏻

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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! ;)

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

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

More Modern pirates would definitely smoke weed.

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.

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

😂 that thumbnail. Bro got that monkey yassed out 😂

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.

This thumbnail goes extra hard, incredible job mate

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

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.

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

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.

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. 🏴‍☠️

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!

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.

Great to watch with a cheeky smoke…

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

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

Now this was a fun and interesting video. Cheers!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Talk about “sailing the HIGH seas” 😅

If she smokes she pokes

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

your channel needs to blow up this is so interesting!

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

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...".

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.

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.

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

Smoke tobacco everyday 🏴‍☠️

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.

Love the Stranglethorn Veil music in the background

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

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

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

every video is a real education! thank you!

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.

Great topic to cover

Awesome video as always 👍

Literally clicked on this drinking a rum fruit punch cocktail wtf

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

this is your best thumbnail yet 🔥 🔥

*Puff Puff Arrrrgghh

I’ve been waiting for this video

Good Work. Keep it up👍👌💪💪

Favorite history channel posts again lets go

That powder snuff up the nose is INTENSE.

The world of warcraft music in the back round lop

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

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

The STV music only makes me think about ganking hordes.

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.

Arr matey, this be a most pleasin video to watch

Nobody mentioning the spider teeth toothpicks? How fing big were the spiders!!??

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

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

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..."

Interesting BUT afaik there was never any 'breaking off the mouth piece on public pibes', that is a myth, and afaik an American one at that. I have never heard of any contemporary sources that speaks of this practise, no pile of broken off bits have ever been found in the fireplace of any old tavern, and if you would spend a few pounds on buying a chalk or clay pibe and try breaking the neck off in small bits, as you propose they did, you would immediately find out that it doesn't snap nice and clean, far from it, rather you will immediately ruin the pibe. It is, in short, not true.

The thumbnail 😂 I wanna buy a oil painting of that

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

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

Came for the title, stayed for the STV music

Hey nice Barrens music! :)

14:48 He must not be talking about marijuana. You can’t just grind up weed and eat it. The plant contains THCA which isn’t psychoactive. If you’re not smoking it you need to decarboxylate it by heating it to 240F / 115C for about 45 min. That turns it into active THC you can eat.

I have read some of Laudanum that it was in use and that it made an good profit. The story goes pirates drinking Laudanum and going bezerk not feeling cuts and bullets. Opium came earlier to Europe than it have been admited. I have seem the evidence a opium pipe in an museum avealing personal items that belonged to an famous nobel that took part in the battle of Poltava 1709. The turks delivered opium and pipes and of cource that it was used on the battle field to get an advantage but is it said to have backblowed as they went to dozey addicts plagued by cramps and headakes and that they brought the use and an addiction back home.

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

I love the Stranglethorn music 😅

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

English pirates also used to put gunpowder in rum! 👍

13:10- 15:32 is the marijuanna part if you wanna skip fast

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

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

It’s went full circle honesty the only things widely available are alcohol nicotine and cannabis and opioids are popular but not to the level or alcohol and nicotine in vapes rather than tobacco now a days and any other substance is just rare

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

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

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