Here’s what Wikipedia says was happening in the 8th Century B.C.E.
In Egypt, the 23rd and 24th dynasties were such a disaster they had to outsource government entirely to the Nubian Empire. The Assyrian empire conquers the Kingdom of Israel and something called “Rome” is founded in 753 B.C.E.
Keep in mind the numbers work in reverse when we’re talking about B.C.E. (before common era) rather than after so 753 B.C.E. is later chronologically than 800 B.C.E.
Archeologists just recently discovered a religious site in ancient (and back then newly conquered Israel) where they found cannabis residue. The scientists say this clearly indicates that religious leaders and others used cannabis in religious ceremonies and probably other rituals as well.