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Cavemen Were Stoners

They rocked in stone-age in 'religious trances'

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 19, 2008 12:36 PM CDT

(Newser) – Prehistoric man apparently liked to get stoned in the Stone Age, scientists have discovered. Researchers found paraphernalia on a Caribbean island used to prepare hallucinogenic drugs for sniffing, dating back to prehistoric high times, reports the Telegraph. Experts believe the ceramic bowls and tubers were... Read full story »

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