Native Intoxicants of North America

Download or read book Native Intoxicants of North America written by Sean Rafferty and published by Univ Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book discusses the cultural significance that narcotics, stimulants, and hallucinogens had on prehistoric societies, whether used for ritual, medicinal, or even recreational purposes. Rafferty notes that prehistoric intoxicants can be found in sites ranging throughout North America, and their use, though varied, presents a near-universal human disposition toward the use of drugs to achieve certain social and spiritual goals and states of consciousness"--