Belief effects of drugs due to supernatural forces. [1] Belief intoxication rendered one divine. [2] Plants worshiped because their liquors produced intoxication. [3] Shamans employed drugs to induce physical states. [4]
Gautama’s commandment against. [5] Jesus refused drugs at crucifixion. [6] Religion of Jesus not an opiate. [7] Sumerians used opium as medicine. [8]