It may be a bit of a stretch, but a recent article on the Comic Book Resources (CBR) website suggests those smoke-loving Hobbits familiar to all fans of The Lord of the Rings may be opting for a bit of green in their regularly lit pipes.
The website asks: Is their pipe-weed Middle-earth’s version of cannabis?
CBR clearly acknowledges that J. R. R. Tolkien — known to love his own pipe smoking, albeit the more traditional type, and whose habit may have inspired the relaxing pastime of the Hobbits and Gandalf — has said the smoked material is tobacco, not cannabis.
That said, the website still sees what it calls some “wiggle room” regarding that assumption. Citing The Lord of the Rings appendices, CBR notes that the Hobbits “imbibed or inhaled, through pipes of clay or wood, the smoke of the burning
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