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Drug Use in Ancient Greece and Rome
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| September 17, 2021
| toldinstone
Posted on 09/18/2021 12:36:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Ancient Greeks and Romans used opium, marijuana, and other narcotics to relieve pain and induce sleep. They may have also enhanced rituals and enlivened banquets with hallucinogens.Drug Use in Ancient Greece and Rome | September 17, 2021 | toldinstone | 23:03
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: cannibis; ergot; godsgravesglyphs; greece; hallucinogens; lotus; lotuseaters; mandrake; oenology; opium; paulwilliamroberts; romanempire; scythians; soma; toldinstone; zymurgy
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To: SunkenCiv
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09/18/2021 6:22:42 PM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." —Bob Dylan)
To: skepsel
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09/19/2021 9:53:00 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
Herodotus keyword, sorted:
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09/19/2021 9:54:13 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: packagingguy
.... it helps you breathe better if you are stuffed up.... Snorting tea is kinda difficult...................
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09/20/2021 5:59:40 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks for the links!
"Basing his theory on the thinnest of historical evidence, Dominique Gorlitz believes that the discovery of traces of tobacco and cocaine in the tomb of the pharaoh Rameses II"
Traces of tobacco and cocaine in ancient Egyptian tombs constitute rather good evidence, certainly not the thinnest.
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09/21/2021 8:49:47 AM PDT
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Savage Beast
(God-knowing saints see the Lord in everything--not in imagination, but realisation. --Yogananda)
To: Savage Beast
My pleasure. And I wholeheartedly agree. The evidence came from a forensics specialist.
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09/21/2021 11:05:17 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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