A garden tour with a unique high
Here’s your hall pass to ask all those taboo questions you’ve ever had about intoxicating substances.
This season at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, scientists will lead tours exploring the controversial history behind mind-altering plants and fungi. Find out everything there is to know about the opium poppy, tobacco, the coca leaf, and the everyday cup of tea and coffee. Experts will explain the difference between what makes a plant an intoxicant verses a medicine, and how that very debates still rages on today.
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