According to E. L. Peay, "strong" wine was apparently the key to the whole strategy, "having been prepared in its strength" (Alma 55:13). This wine could have been especially prepared with some of the hallucinogenic drugs that were available. The use of drugs was common among the ancient Mayan people. Their drugs included a hallucinogenic mushroom, peyote, water lily, tobacco, and morning glory seeds, to name just a few. [E. L. Peay, The Lands of Zarahemla: Nephi's Land of Promise, pp. 45-46]
Alma 55:16 [Moroni] cast in weapons of war unto the prisoners ([Illustration]): While the Lamanite guards were drunken, Moroni cast weapons into the Nephite prisoners. [W. Cleon Skousen, Treasures from the Book of Mormon, Vol. 3, p. 3259]