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		pmiller2 on June 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cannabis and Frankincense at the Judahite Shrine o... Herodotus wasn't known for his slavish accuracy, if you know what I mean.

dr_dshiv on June 3, 2020 [–]

Well, this is at least pretty clear evidence that he didn't inhale.

And besides, it also suggests why any interested readers in the past 2400 years would have been disappointed by the technique and not passed on the know how.

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