Moses The Crackhead?

Ok it wasn't really crack, but someone out there seems to think Moses was on something

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4392361&page=1

Moses and the Israelites were on drugs, says Benny Shanon, an Israeli professor of cognitive philosophy.


Writing in the British Journal Time and Mind, he claims Moses was probably on psychedelic drugs when he received the Ten Commandments from God.

According to Shanon, a professor at Hebrew University, two naturally existing plants in the Sinai Peninsula have the same psychoactive components as ones found in the Amazon jungle and are well-known for their mind-altering capabilities. The drugs are usually combined in a drink called ayahuasca. 

"As far as Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which I don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effects of narcotics," he told Israel Radio in an interview Tuesday.

These types of stories are always coming out and being the Naive, or maybe more accurately curious person I am always read these and think about the possibilities.

I think that these stories, although interesting, are far fetched and simply not believable.

The Bible mentions four powerful drugs, three that are said to be stronger than the modern day LSD. They are wormwood, hemlock, gall and myrrh. I believe that none of these are ever used to induce visions or revelations  including the 10 commandments. No prophet of God ever used drugs to speak or listen to God in the Scriptures, including Moses.