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Anthropology

Codifer

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1. Logical, I suppose.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 03:36 PM

May 25

Expansion and knowledge for the elite controllers and planners and downers and mind numbers for the masses.

Psychedelics were egalitarian in the sixties, abundant and fairly easily found and basic to a hopeful and optimistic counter-culture. Therefor they were deemed to be very illegal and were eventually replaced by a very profitable opiate industry. Safer that way.

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Archaeologists Found Evidence of Ancient Psychedelic Rituals in Peru [View all] Judi Lynn May 25 OP

Logical, I suppose. Codifer May 25 #1

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