Inca children were drugged before being sacrificed

Analysis of the hair and fingernails of eight mummified Inca children reveals that they were given cocaine and alcohol prior to being sacrificed high on Andean mountain peaks

研究者在八具印加兒童木乃伊的頭發和指甲中檢出可卡因、酒精和致幻物質，說明這些兒童在被獻祭前曾被給予精神活性藥物。研究者推測，這樣做可能是為了緩解兒童面對死亡的恐懼，或出於藥物能幫助其與神靈溝通的信仰。