Wine itself is considered much more as a form of flavorful produce and much less as an inebriant than in the U . S . You're an Aussie-- judging from my ex-girlfriend's behavior, y'all our definitely on our side of the Ledger.
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Falk noted that, in the texts, both " haoma " and " soma " were said to enhance alertness and awareness, did not coincide with the consciousness altering effects of an entheogen, and that " there is nothing shamanistic or visionary either in early Vedic or in Old Iranian texts, " nor could the small doses administered in living Zoroastrian custom justify its consideration as an inebriant.