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Victorian England popular&legal drugs (hashish, opium, absinthe and Chloral)

source: http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/6055-victorian-england-drugs

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A dark side to Victorian society existed, in part as a reaction to the emphasis on restraint of pleasure and social propriety. Victorian society saw a rampant, though covert, use and abuse of drugs and alcohol. Developments in medicine and science made drugs such as heroin, chloral, and laudanum available and widely prescribed. Often the result was addiction http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/6055-victorian-england-drugs
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