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Originally Posted by Shimarenda
A slight correction: Holmes's only issue with opium was that it was a drug for lowlifes. He used cocaine, a classier drug at the time. And tobacco, of course.
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Just listened to the audio collection, and Watson scolds him for opiate-use in one of the stories right after SiS. Holmes basically says that he has ADD and the opium helps. Not in those words, of course. I'll try to dig up a reference.
EDIT: Found it, "The Sign of Four" -- Holmes is using cocaine in the scene, but Watson notes that he's been also using morphine (an opiate) frequently. Watson's statement could be read as saying that the cocaine and morphine injections are a once-a-day habit -- I have no idea where that falls on the "casual/not-casual" drug scale.