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[AHPP]

And look what that bunch of druggy wasters achieved. 

[Mesterh]

27 minutes ago, sime42 said:

If I do you can open a sweepstake on how many pages it manages before descending to chaos.

 

I'll go in at only 3.

 

 

I'll go in at post 3 nevermind page 3!

[sime42]

14 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

In Victorian times it was fine to get whacked right out of your skull

Sherlock Holmes, the most famous consulting detective in literature, used occasionally cocaine and morphine to escape, as he said, from “the dull routine of existence.” This was nothing unusual in Victorian times because sale of opium, laudanum, cocaine and morphine was legal. Victorian users took these dangerous drugs as self-medication and as recreation.

 

 

Guessing that was almost exclusively an indulgence of the upper class. I don't think the hoi polloi would have been able to afford such exotica back then. They'd have been restricted to plain old alcohol, beer/cider/mead or dirty old gin. 

 

It's all changed now though of course, since the international drug trade has become a huge industry, the prices have come right down. 

 

 

[tree-fancier123]

17 minutes ago, AHPP said:

And look what that bunch of druggy wasters achieved. 

no dole then, so work or workhouse

8 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

Guessing that was almost exclusively an indulgence of the upper class. I don't think the hoi polloi would have been able to afford such exotica back then. They'd have been restricted to plain old alcohol, beer/cider/mead or dirty old gin. 

 

It's all changed now though of course, since the international drug trade has become a huge industry, the prices have come right down. 

 

 

magic mushrooms had evolved by Victorian times, they used to neck a load then go mad to heavy techno of the day

[sime42]

8 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

no dole then, so work or workhouse

magic mushrooms had evolved by Victorian times, they used to neck a load then go mad to heavy techno of the day

 

Yeah, I was wondering about mushies as I wrote that. I'm sure they weren't consumed by the masses. A few on the fridges like druids and witches undoubtedly.

 

I'll be interested to learn more if you fancy researching the history of recreational drug use in the UK.