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Ancient teeth reveal the Ice Age origins of the world’s 4th most common addictive drug
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September 14, 2026
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Betel nut is the fourth most-used psychoactive drug in the world – and new evidence suggests it was being used in Indonesia as long as 25,000 years ago.
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