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Did Napoleon Fail Because of Freezing Weather or His Troops Kept Getting High Everyday?

Contrary to the legend that Napoleon banned hashish due to his soldiers being too stoned to fight, this notion is as much a misconception as Ridley Scott’s film. In reality, hashish was not outlawed until after the campaign’s conclusion, and Napoleon himself didn’t enact the ban but by one of his generals.

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