Over a thousand years ago, people in South America threw one hell of a rager—and showed Westerners how to mix and match their vices
that ruled the Peruvian Andes between 600 and 1,000 A.D. were perhaps the first to find a way to side-step this snag. The answer? They mixed their drugs with their beer, of course.
“This is yet another example of how drugs were used in the past, which can help us reflect on what shaped the role of drugs in our own society and how that is shifting a bit,” saidA vilca seed capable of producing hallucinogenic effects, excavated from Quilcampa, Peru.Researchers previously suspected some partying was going on when they’d found images of vilca seed pods on ancient Wari jars that were used for serving chicha.
What we still don’t know is how the Wari figured this trick out, said Biwer. “It’s one of those things where it’s like, how does anything happen? How do people figure out how to do this?”What is clear is that the Wari used vilca in a new way and with a fresh purpose. This is the earliest evidence of people mixing hallucinogens with alcohol in this region.
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