Who hasn't taken an aspirin? For a headache, the flu, or a common cold, we have all swallowed a pill or sipped an effervescent aspirin at some point. This substance is so everyday and ubiquitous that few know its true name, and almost no one considers it a drug.

At the last High Times Cannabis Cup, there was one figure whom virtually every event revolved around, directly or indirectly: Winston Hubert McIntosh, better known as Peter Tosh (10/19/1944 – 9/11/1987).

In Rome, drugs were regulated by the Lex Cornelia, and while many substances were used, opium was the most common for pain treatment and forgetting life's troubles (Torres et al. 1997: 12).