Sex, drugs, and 16th century witches

The amazing true history of witches on drugs.

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MORE WITCHES! (or very small rocks)
RaduRomaniuc

This is the future. Psychoactive sunscreen. Trippy avocado night lotion. Looking fresh in laLalAND.
http://twitter.com/vikingdiplomat Charlie

There was a post back in 2009 about a book that described something similar: http://boingboing.net/2009/10/29/medieval-witches-and.html
RJ

Every major city in the US has a few “witches” roaming around, blithering and pooping in hedges. The only difference is that they traded in their body lotion of sooty, weedy fat for meth and scabs.