During puberty rites in eastern North America, the Algonquin confined adolescents to a longhouse for two weeks and administered a beverage containing datura to induce intoxication and amnesia, intended to help boys forget childhood and learn manhood.

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  Hallucinogenic Plants and Their Use in Traditional Societies

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• Hallucinogenic Plants and Their Use in Traditional Societies www.culturalsurvival.org Cultural Survival via serper

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• amnesia concept