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4,000-year-old teeth record the earliest traces of people chewing psychoactive betel nuts (frontiersin.org)
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[–] Saleh@feddit.org 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Imagine someone digging up your skeletal remains in a few thousands years, running detailed analysis on it only to come up with a list of drugs you have consumed.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Better do some good ones then

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

What a terrible day to stop sniffing glue.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Oh man betel nuts. In the north of Vietnam they’re everywhere and folks are tweaking on them. Especially truck drivers and taxi drivers. They spit the red juice out and it’s so strong it stains the street.