Curated category
Euphoriants
- Cannabis (drug)Archaeologists uncovered cannabis residue inside burners within the 2,500-year-old tombs of Jirzankal Cemetery in the Pamir Mountains.
- CocaineThe coca plant Erythroxylum coca grows in the high-altitude regions of South America. Indigenous communities have chewed these leaves for thousands of years…
- CannabisThe genus Cannabis likely split from its closest relative, Humulus, during the mid Oligocene, around 27.8 million years ago according to molecular clock…
- OpiumThe Mediterranean region holds the earliest archaeological evidence of human use of opium poppies dating back to before 5000 BCE.
- MorphineIn December 1804, a German pharmacist named Friedrich Sertürner isolated a white crystalline substance from the dried latex of opium poppies in Paderborn.
- Alcohol (drug)Ethanol carries the molecular formula C2H6O and a weight of 46.0684 grams per mole. This simple liquid acts as a central nervous system depressant by…
- AmphetamineIn 1887, Romanian chemist Lazăr Edeleanu synthesized a new chemical compound in Germany and named it phenylisopropylamine.