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Earliest known drug use may have trapped prehistoric foragers in a ‘vicious cycle’

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The prehistoric remains of two foragers found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi contain telltale signs that humans began using a mind-altering drug thousands of years earlier than known. The betel nut, a fruit seed from the areca palm, is considered the fourth...

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