The third reich seems to have developed a relationship with Ephedra and Poppy (plus tobacco of course). 
And we saw the consequences of that.<p>I&#x27;ve always been fascinated by the impact of various drug-containing plants on humanity and it&#x27;s history.
Plants, because most drugs are extracted or synthesised from them.<p>Shamans say that it is the &#x27;essence&#x27; or &#x27;spirit&#x27; of the plant that is psychoactive - you&#x27;re &#x27;inviting&#x27; another &#x27;being&#x27; into your consciousness.<p>Those who smoked pot have probably noticed the alternative or alien &#x27;voice&#x27; which appears in your head and makes you think and say funny things or think paranoid thoughts.
This happens with all drugs - the drug (or, in shamanic terms - the spirit of the plant) becomes one&#x27;s invisible councillor - an interlocutor in the user&#x27;s internal dialogue.<p>Take tobacco - the act of smoking a cigarette is an act of &#x27;conversing&#x27; with the plant, an act of thinking and taking decisions. 
Notice the impact that tobacco has had on the development of the human race - it&#x27;s impossible to claim that it was responsible for all our progress, but somehow it was present in the pipes of Einstein and Oppenheimer and in the cigars smoked after a successful space mission.<p>It was also present in the trenches of wars.<p>Today our world is more drugged than it has ever been. Besides all the classes of illegal drugs, we also have people eating tens of thousands of various synthetic chemicals - prescription drugs - and of course making all sorts of combinations between them.<p>What will the consequence of this chemical experimentation end up being ?<p>Time will tell. Clearly we&#x27;re doing some radical changes to how our minds and bodies work and this has a direct impact on how our society looks and behaves and what decisions are being made.