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What Was the Most Popular Drug in France in the 1920s? Was It Legal?

Question by Alexi M: What was the most popular drug in France in the 1920s? Was it legal?

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Answer by Muinghan Life During Wartime
Ah, easy question.
You have to think, “location, location, location”.

By the 1920s the more “westernized” countries – Europe, North America, Australia/New Zealand to name a few – were waking up to the serious issue of illicit drug usage and drug addiction on a GLOBAL level.
Medically. Economically. Politically. Socially. Financially.

The substances that most captured the attention of officials in the 1920s were opiates and, to a much lesser extent, cocaine and marijuana.

How Are These Medicinal Plants Used for Our Health? and What Can It Cure?

Question by sexyback_93: How are these medicinal plants used for our health? And what can it cure?
a. Opium poppy plant
b. willow plant
c. fox glove plant
d. cinchone plant
e. snake root plant

THANKS A BUNCH
U guys r really gonna be saving my butt if u answer this one

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Answer by Kuoiqsik C
it is B. willow plant.

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Providing Help to Adolescent Girls

Providing help to adolescent girls

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Princeton House Behavioral Health has long been known for being a leading provider of highly skilled and compassionate behavioral healthcare, offering relief at times when life becomes clouded by mental illness, emotional difficulties or addiction. In …
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Batting the heroin problem

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Heroin is an opioid drug that is synthesized from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the Asian opium poppy plant, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The drug can be injected, inhaled, snorted and smoked. As …
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Number Schemers or Lazy So-and-Sos?

Number schemers or lazy so-and-sos?

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Earlier in the courts, a few Correctional Services Department drug rehabilitation center officers standing trial for cheating in urine tests also attempted to blame the system for their own wrongdoings. Heavy workloads are no excuse. The pressure in …
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Why Patrick Kennedy and Others in Recovery Should Support Marijuana

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York County Briefs

York County briefs

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Most of the 40,000 people the Iris Network serves live in York and Cumberland counties. "We have planned a … Stickers warning about the penalties for furnishing alcohol to minors are placed on multi-packs of beer, alco-pops, and other alcohol …
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The rise and fall of Lenny Dykstra

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Court filings lay bare Dykstra's drug use. "Defendant's illegal and prescription substance abuse started in his playing days. Defendant admits that he took Dexedrine, Adderall and Vicodin during his playing career and then transitioned to other …
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Rx Drug Abuse Up, Illicit Drug Use Wanes

Rx Drug Abuse Up, Illicit Drug Use Wanes

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To assess trends in abuse of prescription and illicit drugs, the researchers looked at data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) for 11 major metropolitan areas between 2007 and 2009. The database provides estimates of the percentage of …
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Overall Rates of Drug Use Drops But Prescription Drug Abuse Increase Says Study

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