# Inca Child Sacrifice Victims Given Drugs, Alcohol **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inca-child-sacrifice-victims-given-drugs-alcohol/664884 "2013-07-30T05:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inca-child-sacrifice-victims-given-drugs-alcohol/664884/1 "2013-07-30T05:18:09Z")
“The mummified remains were discovered in 1999… Three children were buried there: a 13-year-old girl, and a younger boy and girl, thought to be about four or five years old…They discovered that all three had consumed alcohol and coca leaves (from which cocaine is extracted) in the final months of their lives.” > **[Inca mummies: Child sacrifice victims fed drugs and alcohol](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23496345)** > > Tests on three mummies shed new light on the Inca ritual of child sacrifice, suggesting victims were sedated with drugs and alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inca-child-sacrifice-victims-given-drugs-alcohol/664884/2 "2013-07-30T05:27:36Z")
Well, it beats ripping their hearts out (like the Aztecs preferred to do)! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inca-child-sacrifice-victims-given-drugs-alcohol/664884/3 "2013-07-30T05:45:00Z")
The Aztecs at least sometimes drugged their victims. But yes, the Inca way sounds more pleasant, although I understand it wasn’t always as peaceful as drunken exposure. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inca-child-sacrifice-victims-given-drugs-alcohol/664884/4 "2013-07-30T06:02:50Z")
The Incans were the nicest child killers in the New World. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inca-child-sacrifice-victims-given-drugs-alcohol/664884/5 "2013-07-30T07:45:58Z")
I thought coca leaves were used by everybody. If that’s right, saying those kids consumed them would be equivalent to “American children found to have consumed soda in the days before their deaths” - no shit. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inca-child-sacrifice-victims-given-drugs-alcohol/664884/6 "2013-07-30T12:46:33Z")
Pretty much it. Universal use by the populace, so I’d be very surprised if they hadn’t found it. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inca-child-sacrifice-victims-given-drugs-alcohol/664884/7 "2013-07-30T13:39:52Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > The Incans were the nicest child killers in the New World. Hey, we kill our kids the [same](http://bit.ly/16gVP6i) [way](http://on.wusa9.com/GCsU2s) [today](http://bit.ly/oCQkJG)! Go figure… ☹