Victorians and Opium || The History of Drugs

In this video Paul is exploring the culture of drug use and addiction in Victorian Britain. We often think of the smoke drenched opium den and the drug abuse of Sherlock Holmes but are those really an accurate reflection of the times? Had the Victorians moved from a Nation of Shopkeepers to a Nation of Addicts? What led to this drug misuse?

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