Cannabis is often treated like a modern controversy — but its story stretches back thousands of years, woven quietly through medicine, ritual, empire, rebellion, and spirituality.

In this episode of Traversing the Strange World, Peace & Toodles take a grounded but curious walk through the long and strange history of cannabis. From its ancient origins as one of humanity’s earliest cultivated plants, to its sacred and medicinal roles across cultures, to its demonization and rebranding in the modern world — this is not a stoner episode, and it’s not propaganda.

It’s a story about how plants, power, culture, and consciousness collide.

We explore how cannabis moved from rope and medicine to sacrament and symbol — and why societies keep circling back to it again and again.