Barbarian warriors used 'stimulants'

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Barbarian warriors in Roman times used 'stimulants' in battle

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Archaeologists found small spoon-shaped objects tied to warriors' belts.

Small metal spoons would have been 'excellent way to dose stimulants' Warriors might have taken powdered drugs derived from opium poppies, hemp, henbane, belladonna, and psychedelic fungi.

Researchers found 241 spoons at 116 sites across modern-day Scandinavia , Germany and Poland .

Between a third and half of all warriors in some locations would have been carrying spoons for dosing narcotics.

Researchers believe they may have discovered a previously unknown branch of the military economy.

They add: 'Judging by our assessment of the degree of demand for stimulants in the Germanic armies of European Barbaricum , this must have been an important industry'.

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