Early Stone Age Man Took Drugs, Scientists Say!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:37 pm

Scientists have discovered evidence suggesting Stone Age man used herbal mixtures to get high.

It has long been suspected that humans have an ancient history of drug
use, but there has been a lack of proof to support the theory.

Now, however, researchers have found equipment used to prepare
hallucinogenic drugs for sniffing, and dated them back to prehistoric
South American tribes.

Quetta Kaye, of University College London, and Scott Fitzpatrick, an
archeologist from North Carolina State University, made the
breakthrough on the Caribbean island of Carriacou.

They found ceramic bowls, as well as tubes for inhaling drug fumes or
powders, which appear to have originated in South America between 100BC
and 400BC and were then carried 400 miles to the islands.

While the use of such paraphernalia for inhaling drugs is well-known,
the age of the bowls has thrown new light on how long humans have been
taking drugs.

Scientists believe that the drug being used was cohoba, a hallucinogen
made from the beans of a mimosa species. Drugs such as cannabis were
not found in the Caribbean then.

Opiates can be obtained from species such as poppies, while fungi, which was widespread, may also have been used.

Archeologists have suggested that humans were extracting mind-expanding
drugs from mescal beans and peyote cacti as far back as 5,000 years
ago, but have not found direct evidence that this is true.

They consider that drugs were being used to induce spiritual or trance-like states by people who had religious beliefs.

by yaboyja23 Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:39 pm

i wouldnt doubt it there has to be a reason why people take drugs and get high.... and on sum real shit the other day i was thinkin what if stone age ppl got high or did drugs or w/e...lol..

Early Stone Age Man Took Drugs, Scientists Say!!!!!!!

Early Stone Age Man Took Drugs, Scientists Say!!!!!!!

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