Been browsing the Internet and found this site which may be of interest to anyone investigating the use of opiates in ritual setting

www.unodc.org/bulletin/bulletin_1967-01-01_3_...

"The history of the poppy and of opium and their expansion in antiquity in the eastern Mediterranean area"

The artifacts images are quite beautiful too.

Link not showing - PC goblin must be back again! Try searching this:
www.unodc.org/images/odccp/bulletin/bulletin_...

Here you go Tas:
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/bulletin/bul..._4_page003.html

Aw thanx Andy - my knight in shining armour!