Re: [DL] Let's talk about drugs...

[Frempath2@netscape.net]

From the Columbia online encyclopedia...  Fairly obvious why folks liked them.  As a side note, absinthe was made with herbs which were halucinogenic, and laudinum was an excellent pain killer and anti-diharetic.


absinthe (ab´sinth)
An emerald-green, toxic liqueur distilled from wormwood and other     aromatics, including angelica root, sweet-flag root, star anise, and        dittany, which have been macerated and steeped in alcohol. It was        invented by a Dr. Ordinaire, a Frenchman who lived in Switzerland.        Genuine absinthe is 70% to 80% alcohol. Because of the harmful effect it
has on the nerves, it has been banned in most western countries.

laudanum (lôd´nm) (KEY)
tincture, or alcoholic solution, of opium, first compounded by Paracelsus in the 16th cent. Not then known to be addictive, the preparation was widely used up through the 19th cent. to treat a variety of disorders. Many literary and artistic figures, including Coleridge, Poe, Moussorgsky, and De Quincey, are known to have been addicted.

g'day
frempath



deadlands@gamerz.net wrote:
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> The Devil is in the Details...:)
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> What's Absinthe?  Laudinum?  What are their effects?  What does opium do for
> a fella, besides euphoria?
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> I've got a pretty good handle on peyote, but what other narcotics are around
> for consumption in historical Wild West/Victorian times?
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