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5 Things You May Not Know: Drugs.
If you were to peel back the layers of society, you'd find a deep, dark culture of illegal drug abuse -- but to most, that ain't news. The fact is that the production, trafficking and sales of illicit drugs is a $400-billion-a-year industry. In fact, the drug industry is second only to the arms trade and is showing no signs of slowing down. Despite the fact that the use of illegal narcotics is so widespread, there are still probably a few facts about them that you didn't know. Case in point: these five things you didn’t know about drugs. To Read All
1- Cannabis was once used to pay taxes
As crazy as it may seem, cannabis once served as legal tender. Cannabis hemp was actually used as currency from 1631 all the way up until the early 1800s. Even more mind-blowing, though, is the fact that both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis on their plantations.
2- Heroin was once marketed as a cough suppressant
Here’s a fun fact: Bayer, the pharmaceutical giant responsible for Aspirin, once marketed heroin as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough suppressant.
3- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written during a six-day cocaine binge
Robert Louis Stevenson, famed author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, wrote his entire masterpiece in six days and six nights, all whilst on one hell of a cocaine bender.
Even Stevenson's wife, Fanny, was amazed that her husband managed to put 60,000 words on paper in just under one week.
4- The inventor of LSD lived to be 102
Albert Hofmann -- notorious psychedelic drug chemist and inventor of LSD -- passed away in 2008 at the ripe old age of 102. Hofman's now infamous discovery came to fruition on April 16, 1943, when he accidentally absorbed a bit of lysergic acid compound, LSD-25, through his fingertips.
5- Ecstasy started as a pyramid scheme
Back in 1984, a Texas-based evangelist by the name of Michael Clegg believed he had a higher purpose. Steadfast in the notion that the world would be a better place if everyone were on Ecstasy.
1- Cannabis was once used to pay taxes
As crazy as it may seem, cannabis once served as legal tender. Cannabis hemp was actually used as currency from 1631 all the way up until the early 1800s. Even more mind-blowing, though, is the fact that both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis on their plantations.
2- Heroin was once marketed as a cough suppressant
Here’s a fun fact: Bayer, the pharmaceutical giant responsible for Aspirin, once marketed heroin as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough suppressant.
3- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written during a six-day cocaine binge
Robert Louis Stevenson, famed author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, wrote his entire masterpiece in six days and six nights, all whilst on one hell of a cocaine bender.
Even Stevenson's wife, Fanny, was amazed that her husband managed to put 60,000 words on paper in just under one week.
4- The inventor of LSD lived to be 102
Albert Hofmann -- notorious psychedelic drug chemist and inventor of LSD -- passed away in 2008 at the ripe old age of 102. Hofman's now infamous discovery came to fruition on April 16, 1943, when he accidentally absorbed a bit of lysergic acid compound, LSD-25, through his fingertips.
5- Ecstasy started as a pyramid scheme
Back in 1984, a Texas-based evangelist by the name of Michael Clegg believed he had a higher purpose. Steadfast in the notion that the world would be a better place if everyone were on Ecstasy.
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