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There, chewing khat predates the use of coffee and is used in a similar social context. Its fresh leaves and tops are chewed or, less frequently, dried and consumed as tea, to achieve a state of euphoria and stimulation. The leaves or the soft part of the stem can be chewed with either chewing gum or fried peanuts to make it easier to chew.
Betel nut chewing, also called betel quid chewing or areca nut chewing, is a practice in which areca nuts (also called "betel nuts") are chewed together with slaked lime and betel leaves for their stimulant and narcotic effects, the primary psychoactive compound being arecoline.
Salvia divinorum, a dissociative hallucinogenic sage. This is a list of plant species that, when consumed by humans, are known or suspected to produce psychoactive effects: changes in nervous system function that alter perception, mood, consciousness, cognition or behavior.
Salvia divinorum (Latin: sage of the diviners; also called ska maría pastora, seer's sage, yerba de la pastora, magic mint or simply salvia) is a species of plant in the sage genus Salvia, known for its transient psychoactive properties when its leaves, or extracts made from the leaves, are administered by smoking, chewing, or drinking (as a ...
Cannabis, weed, marijuana Cannabis sativa and related species Cannabaceae: annual herb medicinal, ritual flowers, extracts also used as a fiber plant: Caper: Capparis spinosa: Capparaceae: shrub culinary buds, fruits typically pickled; leaves also edible: Chili pepper, including various named cultivars like jalapeño and habanero; paprika
Poppy straw (left) and seeds (right) Poppy seed heads, pods or capsules Poppy straw (also known as opium straw, mowed opium straw, crushed poppy capsule, poppy chaff, or poppy husk) is derived from opium poppies (Papaver somniferum) that are harvested when fully mature and dried by mechanical means.
Elton John minced no words explaining his stance against the legality of marijuana in America and Canada. While speaking with Time magazine, which selected the prolific piano man as its 2024 Icon ...
Portrait of Joseph Banks as painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1773. The earliest record of Aboriginal chewing is found in Joseph Banks's 1770 journal: [2] [4]. We observed that some, though but few, held constantly in their mouths the leaves of an herb which they chewed as a European does tobacco or an East Indian Betel.