[Bayart]

>it’s not hard to believe that an equally intelligent and able group of people that put their attention to something else could figure out how to get high from a plant

Haven't we done exactly that with alcohol ?

[gwbas1c]

Alcohol is a lot easier to come by in nature. Bears get drunk on fermenting berries.

[stjohnswarts]

Not really alcohol occurs in nature. Just look up drunk squirrel videos, it's not a far leap to figuring out how to ferment stuff and extract the alcohol. this refinement of a drug is far more complicated.