From: Mike Linksvayer (ml@gondwanaland.com)
Date: Sat Apr 06 2002 - 16:06:40 MST
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1896000/1896275.stm
Dr Roger Sullivan, of the University of Auckland, and Edward Hagen,
of the University of California at Santa Barbara, say there is
plenty of evidence that humans have sought out so-called
psychotropic drugs over millions of years.
[...]
Dr Sullivan and Dr Hagen believe that eating psychotropic plants may
also have played an important role in helping the brain to function
properly.
They argue that in some particularly tough environments, people's
diets may have been so poor that they struggled to produce enough
chemicals to help the brain function normally.
Consuming plants containing substances that mimic the role of these
chemicals could have helped make up for the shortfall.
Aha, agriculture causes evil drug use as well via poor diets. Perhaps
it really was the biggest mistake. :)
It's articles like this that I hope will lead a few more people to have
an "aha" moment wherein they realize that the WoD is utterly doomed to
failure.
Mike Linksvayer
http://gondwanaland.com/ml/
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