(From "Cannabis" by Chris Duvall, page 91, chapter four, "The Drug Goes Global"):
People have always had diverse experiences on drug
Cannabis. For instance, in the 1670's
'eight or tenne' British sailors tried
bhangtea in eastern India. Two sailors experienced no
effects (common among first-timers), one 'wept bitterly all the Afternoon', one was 'terrified with
fear', one was 'quarrelsome', two 'Sat sweating...in Exceeding Measure" and four or five 'lay upon
the Carpets [,] highly Complementing each other in high terms.' The sailor who described the party
decided
bhang was of 'Such a bewitchinge Sottish nature, that whoever use it but one month
or two cannot forsake it without much difficultie'.
