Study results show that people from the Bronze Age were intoxicated by drugs during cave rituals in the Balearic Islands

A study found that people in the BRONZE Age were intoxicated by drugs during cave rituals in the Balearic Islands.

Scientists have found evidence of hallucinogens and stimulants in 3,000-year-old hair samples from Menorca – a neighbor of modern party hotspots Ibiza and Magaluf.

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They believe that trippy plants were eaten during “ritual ceremonies” conducted by a shaman.

The hair had been dyed red and placed in a cave tomb in boxes decorated with concentric circles believed to represent eyes.

Chemical analysis revealed atropine and ephedrine in the hair.

Atropine can cause hallucinations.

Ephedrine is a stimulant and is used in the manufacture of modern crystal meth.

Professor Elisa Guerra-Doce of the University of Valladolid in Spain said it was the first direct evidence of prehistoric drug use in Europe.

Their study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, says users may have been in a “drug-induced altered state of consciousness.”