GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas, Alkaloid, Peyote
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Basic compulsion in all humans that affects our behaviour: feel some need to alter our reality (change our consciousness it"s the 4th drive) Indians mixed with water indian tea aka: mormin tea: peyote: it"s a spineless cactus: rich in masculine chemicals. Used for at least 55,000 years: coca leaves: in aboriginal americans. South american indians used it for at least 5000 years. Clears mind out and makes you think more clearly positive mood. Used for medical purposes but recreational in our culture. Die some are safe and others are poisonous. First law that criminalizes drug: in san francisco: banned opium in 1875: has less target for its effect but rather for racist attitudes, was on the grounds of a chinese conspiracy. Reverent charles ludwig dudson: aka: lewis carol: book: alice adventures in the wonderland, user for hallucinogenic mushroom a great deal of modern music is influences by modern drugs: e. g. the beatles. Magic mushroom has similar symptoms to lsd.