guy Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 (edited) It has been suggested that ancient civilizations utilized psychoactive substances for ritualistic ceremonies and perhaps even for regular recreational purposes. (The scene above is of Cleopatra in the HBO series "Rome.") Here are articles examining evidence of drug use in the ancient world, particularly in the Western Hemisphere. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240910-the-ancient-history-behind-healing-trauma-with-psychedelics https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8412860/ Edited September 11 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 It's known that Egyptians used drugs for relaxation, based on a particular flower, and modern experiments have shown it was possible but not perhaps as bad as the effects of modern drugs. I don't really know much about the Roman use of such things, but I was once informed that Roman legionaries had witnessed the Celtic substances used to induce battle fury and adopted the same substances. How true that is I have no idea, the Romans don't talk about getting high on anything other than raw sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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