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Animals During The 19th Century
During the 19th century, there were open fields filled with plants and animals roaming through them. The plants that grew in the different fields were mushrooms (caused hallucinations), yellow-orange fruits, coca leaves (cocaine), poppy plants (opium), and cannabis plants (marijuana); the animals were observed as they roamed the fields and ate from these plants. As the humans watched the animal’s behavior during and after eating the plants, they began to wonder as to how and why the animal’s demeanor changed. Along with watching the animals and by trying other plants themselves, they discovered that some of the plants healed or eased ailments. By chewing willow bark (a source of aspirin), they noticed the ease of a headache and by eating

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