# From "The Hidden History of Beverages" by Alexander Lukashev

## 14. The End of Part One: What the History Adds Up To

Part One (history), chapter 14 of 14 · 10 footnotes to 11 sources
Page: https://herbalmind.bar/history/what-the-history-adds-up-to/

The conclusion of the history part: why coffee, tea and chocolate won, why other plants were banned, and what is changing now.

Sections:
- **What Changes** — producer cooperatives, credit for traditional knowledge, and a Maya beekeepers’ case in Mexico’s Supreme Court

Questions this chapter answers:
- Why did coffee, tea and chocolate become the permitted drinks?
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- Why did the United States end alcohol prohibition in 1933?
  Short answer: In the depths of the Depression the treasury needed the excise that alcohol had brought in before the ban.
- What did the COSMOS trial of cocoa flavanols find?
  Short answer: Among 21,442 older adults, total cardiovascular events were 10 percent lower, which was not statistically significant; cardiovascular deaths, a secondary measure, were 27 percent lower.
- What did Maya beekeepers win in Mexico’s Supreme Court?
  [The answer is in the book](https://books.apple.com/book/id6756108723)

Short answers only. The full account, with its sources, is in chapter 14 of the book — https://books.apple.com/book/id6756108723

Sources:
- Constitution of the United States, Amendment XXI. Ratified December 5, 1933.
- Okrent, Daniel. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. New York: Scribner, 2010.
- Conselho Nacional de Políticas sobre Drogas (Brazil). Resolução No. 1, de 25 de janeiro de 2010. Diário Oficial da União, January 26, 2010.
- Instituto Nacional de Cultura (Peru). Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 836/INC, Lima, June 24, 2008.
- COMPASS Pathways. “COMPASS Pathways Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Psilocybin Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression.” Press release, October 23, 2018.
- Usona Institute. “FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Usona Institute’s Psilocybin Program for Major Depressive Disorder.” Press release, November 22, 2019.
- Sesso, Howard D., JoAnn E. Manson, Aaron K. Aragaki et al. “Effect of Cocoa Flavanol Supplementation for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Events: The COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) Randomized Clinical Trial.” The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 115, no. 6 (2022): 1490–1500. [DOI 10.1093/ajcn/nqac055](https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqac055).
- Haskell, Crystal F., David O. Kennedy, Anthea L. Milne et al. “The Effects of L-Theanine, Caffeine and Their Combination on Cognition and Mood.” Biological Psychology 77, no. 2 (2008): 113–122. [DOI 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.09.008](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.09.008).
- Negrín Muñoz, Eduardo. “Violación del derecho a la consulta indígena: siembra de soya transgénica en comunidades mayas del estado de Campeche, México.” RICSH Revista Iberoamericana de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas 7, no. 13 (2018): 51–71. [DOI 10.23913/ricsh.v7i13.140](https://doi.org/10.23913/ricsh.v7i13.140).
- Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (Mexico), Segunda Sala. Amparo en revisión 499/2015. Decided November 4, 2015.
- Goldman Environmental Prize. “Leydy Pech, 2020 Goldman Prize Recipient, North America.” [goldmanprize.org/recipient/leydy-pech](https://goldmanprize.org/recipient/leydy-pech). Accessed September 21, 2026.

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