History Channel - The history of illegal Drugs
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History Channel - The history of illegal Drugs
A history of drugs was a show on the History channel last night, I could not watch all of it, but it was very interesting. Discussed alcohol, opium, the advent of morphine. Went into problems with addiction in American early history.
Worth watching if you can catch it again!
Worth watching if you can catch it again!
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It was on last night around 11:00 pm est. but I think they run the shows more than once a week. It was good. Went back into time discussing China and the boxer rebellion. Civil war and the advent of morphene. The emergence of patent remedies in the states and how so many got addicted, women children etc.
Worth watching.
Worth watching.
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Hooked: Illegal Drugs and how they got that way was the title:
There has been a "drug culture" since the dawn of civilization. Sumerian cuneiform tablets from 3000 BC show a poppy harvest, as do ancient Egyptian scripts and Greek statues adorned with poppy crowns. Far more recently, Freud sung the praises of cocaine, which was included in the original recipe for Coca-Cola. But since the industrial revolution, drug use has changed dramatically, and society's response to this--particularly in America--has been to demonize users and make drugs illegal.
HOOKED explores the world of illegal drugs, meeting with pharmacologists and scientists to learn exactly what effect they have on us and exploring the social and legislative changes that have transformed (and, some would argue, created) the drug culture of the 20th century. Outspoken advocates on both sides of the "war on drugs" illuminate this polarizing issue, and fascinating accounts and artifacts illustrate the role of drugs throughout history.
The two volumes of this incisive set are:
There has been a "drug culture" since the dawn of civilization. Sumerian cuneiform tablets from 3000 BC show a poppy harvest, as do ancient Egyptian scripts and Greek statues adorned with poppy crowns. Far more recently, Freud sung the praises of cocaine, which was included in the original recipe for Coca-Cola. But since the industrial revolution, drug use has changed dramatically, and society's response to this--particularly in America--has been to demonize users and make drugs illegal.
HOOKED explores the world of illegal drugs, meeting with pharmacologists and scientists to learn exactly what effect they have on us and exploring the social and legislative changes that have transformed (and, some would argue, created) the drug culture of the 20th century. Outspoken advocates on both sides of the "war on drugs" illuminate this polarizing issue, and fascinating accounts and artifacts illustrate the role of drugs throughout history.
The two volumes of this incisive set are:
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