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Originally Posted by hidari
LAME. The amount of writers that used drugs, smoked, drank and commited 'immmoral' acts would cause hundreds of books to be banned.....
'he also smoked' very lame but if you're being sarky....a good one...
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And back when the books and stories were written the dangers of addiction to drugs like cocaine weren't known like they are now. Even Queen Victoria is said to have used cocaine if memory serves. Not to mention there were few treatments for a lot of ills back then. If a person was in terrible pain from some illness often only a narcotic substance was the only pain killer available. In the movie "The Shootist" for example John Wayne's character is dying of cancer and the Dr. prescribes Laudnum for his pain. One of the main ingredients in Laudnum is Cocaine.