3,000 years of getting high: Hair samples from Menorca prove our consumption of psychoactive substances for at least three millennia

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3,000 years of getting high: Hair samples from Menorca prove our consumption of psychoactive substances for at least three millennia
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A few strands of hair dating back 3,000 years, hidden in a corner of the island of Menorca, were enough to provide a group of researchers with the oldest direct evidence of the use of psychoactive substances in Europe.

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