Was William Shakespeare a pipe head?

According to a research conducted by South African Journal of Science report back in 2001, The South African Police Services Forensic Science Laboratory in Pretoria findings revealed that traces of cannabis and cocaine were found in 24 clay pipes from the garden of the famous great poet and author William Shakespeare. The presence of cocaine was noted in 2 of the pipes.
 Francis Thackeray, the paleontologist from Transvaal Museum in Pretoria at that time who initiated the pipe study at that time, believes he might have an explanation, "We can't prove that Shakespeare smoked these pipes, but we do now at least know what his contemporaries were smoking" Thackeray says. According to recent reports, Thackeray who is currently the Director of the Institute for Human Evolution at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, along with a team of Scientists formerly submitted a request to dig up the remains of the Bard to the Church of England. The remains of William Shakespeare is resting in his home town of  Stratford-upon-Avon. Team Thackeray plans to use a "non-destructive analysis" to conduct the forensic tests. Fox News quoted him as saying, "We have incredible techniques. We don't intend to move the remains at all."
That would be a welcomed development as we all are aware of the famous curse quote on Shakespeare's tombstone which read, "Good Friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here: Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones" Do we really need to exhume the body of the great poet and author William Shakespeare to ascertain if he was indeed a pipe head? I don't think so. Where do we draw the line between curiosity and facts? In my opinion, it's Much Ado About Nothing By: William Shakespeare respect the man's wishes. Whether he was a pipe head, crack head or either, let the great poet and author Rest in Peace. 

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