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Re:Compound found in the hallucinogenic tea ayahuasca can gr... by Bayart on Sunday November 29, 2020 @10:15PM (#25250406)
>it’s not hard to believe that an equally intelligent and able group of people that put their attention to something else could figure out how to get high from a plant

Haven't we done exactly that with alcohol ?

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Re:Compound found in the hallucinogenic tea ayahuasca can gr... by gwbas1c on Sunday November 29, 2020 @10:49PM (#25250546)
Alcohol is a lot easier to come by in nature. Bears get drunk on fermenting berries.
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Re:Compound found in the hallucinogenic tea ayahuasca can gr... by stjohnswarts on Monday November 30, 2020 @11:50AM (#25255803)
Not really alcohol occurs in nature. Just look up drunk squirrel videos, it's not a far leap to figuring out how to ferment stuff and extract the alcohol. this refinement of a drug is far more complicated.
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