And humans used to chew on bark, whereas we now have aspirin in pill form. We don't have some of the ills of the past either, though new ones take its place. A

And humans used to chew on bark, whereas we now have aspirin in pill form. We don't have some of the ills of the past either, though new ones take its place. Alternatively, some tribes filtered more dangerous mushrooms through reindeer and then drank the urine. I'd guess that would be possible in a lab today. Just because something is synthesized doesn't make it inferior, safer, more dangerous, merely different.