But yes, pipe weed is not supposed to be mariuhana.

Did he really have negative things to say about hippies tho? I feel like he would strongly vibe with the environmental activism of the counter-culture crowd...

No, no, I totally agree with you. I don't think Tolkien had stoned Hobbits in mind while writing the books.
But you know whats also missing from the books? The scene where Gandalf is coming to my dinner party.
So in this totally hypothetical scenario he for sure bringing the good weed xD

Authors intention may not be as important as readers interpretation.

How has nobody mentioned "Ponyo" yet? What is going on people??

I wish I was at a point where my main hurdle is "writing scenes/passages way longer than they need to be" instead of "actually sitting down and writing anything at all" lol