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The Spice That Got People HIGH for Centuries (2-Hour History for Sleep)

For centuries, nutmeg was more than just a kitchen spice. It appeared in old medicines, medical reports, prisons and strange experiments as people discovered that large amounts could produce powerful psychoactive effects. This is the unusual history of nutmeg as a drug, from early remedies and scientific investigations to the people who tried using an ordinary spice to get high.A calm two-hour history for sleep, told through strange stories from the forgotten corners of medicine, drugs and everyday life.

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