Scientists did an analysis of hair from a 3,600-year-old body unearthed at a burial site on the island on Menorca, off the coast of Spain. The hair showed traces of hallucinogenic drug use. They also found evidence of a storage box for such drugs, elaborately carved with geometric designs. Groovy. So what kinds of hallucinogenic drugs did people use that long ago? The Face gives us four plants available at the time that could be used to produce hallucinogenic effects. The caveat is that these are all poisonous, and could easily be lethal. Yet ancient people used them as medicine and for mind-expanding rituals. You have to wonder how many people died before they got the preparation and dosages right for the effects they were looking for. -via Digg
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