Was William Shakespeare on drugs?

By Karl Quinn
Updated August 17 2015 - 10:18am, first published August 11 2015 - 8:46pm
Off his head?: William Shakespeare could well have smoked cannabis to fuel his creativity. Photo: Hulton Archive
Off his head?: William Shakespeare could well have smoked cannabis to fuel his creativity. Photo: Hulton Archive

Was William Shakespeare a stoner? It's a legitimate question following the revelation that clay tobacco pipes dug up from the garden of his home in Stratford-upon-Avon contain traces of cannabis.

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