New study finds first inhabitants of Caribbean brought drug heirlooms with them

Monday, October 20, 2008 - 08:14 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A new study led by North Carolina State University's Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick is the first to show physical evidence that the people who colonized the Caribbean from South America brought with them heirloom drug paraphernalia that had been passed down from generation to generation as the colonists traveled through the islands.

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