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A Hallucinogenic Tree Changed How Humans Used Drugs

Throughout the Andes, stretching skyward from dry tropical rainforests, is an inconspicuous tree that can turn your mind euphoric. While the bark of the Anadenanthera colubrina, or vilca, can be used to make tea and its leaves are used for dye, it’s the thin, disc-like seeds within its flattened, 13-inch-long pods that have captured people’s...


Peru's Wari empire may have mixed hallucinogenic seeds into beer to maintain political control and help leaders bond with ordinary people over 1,000 years ago, researchers say

Peru's Wari Empire likely mixed hallucinogenic seeds with beer to help leaders cement relationships with ordinary people over 1,000 years ago, a study shows. Researchers have analysed botanical remains of seeds from the vilca tree, used as hallucinogens for thousands of years, that were found in Quilcapampa, Peru. During communal feasts, hallucinogenic seeds were added...


Psychedelic-laced beer may have helped this ancient South American empire rule

(CNN)Beer laced with hallucinogenic drugs derived from plant seeds may have helped leaders of a South American culture maintain their political control for hundreds of years, according to new research.The Wari, who built an empire and ruled the highlands of what is now Peru from 600 to 1,000 AD, preceded the Incas. Archaeological excavations at...


Newcastle snap up Peruvian whizz-kid Rodrigo Vilca, 21, in £210,000 transfer to go into development squad

NEWCASTLE have added Peruvian whizz-kid Rodrigo Vilca to their Under-23s squad. The Magpies paid Deportivo Municipal £210,000 and Vilca, 21, has penned a four-year deal. 2Newcastle have signed Peruvian sensation Rodrigo Vilca on a four-year dealCredit: Getty Images - Getty The silky attacking midfielder scored four goals in 24 games in Peru’s top flight and...


Newcastle snapping up Peruvian wonderkid Rodrigo Vilca, 21, in bargain £120k transfer from Municipal Deportivo

NEWCASTLE are snapping up rising Peruvian star Rodrigo Vilca in a shock raid on South America. The Toon agreed a bargain £120,000 deal for Vilca, 21, with Municipal Deportivo and he will fly in to join before the window shuts. 1Rodrigo Vilca is set to become Newcastle's sixth summer signing Vilca has just been called...


Brothers Nabbed After Robbing Victim Of $1.8K Worth Of Items At Long Island Hotel, Police Say

Two brothers were arrested after allegedly stealing nearly $2,000 worth of sneakers from a man outside a Long Island hotel, police said. Freeport residents Christopher Vilca, 21, and his brother, Jean Vilca-Alvites, allegedly approached the 35-year-old victim who they had previously purchased sneakers from outside the Roslyn Hotel at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 9,...