Maya and Aztec used a plant with tough fleshy and fibrous leaves called maguey (which we now call the century plant or green agave) for many things – food, sugar, fibres for ropes and clothing, and drink (a kind of beer).
Getting drunk before the age of 60 however was forbidden. Repeated drunkenness could be punished by death.
(Note: the modern Mexican drink called tequilla is made from a different kind of agave).
