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Human History on Drugs - An Utterly Scandalous but Entirely Truthful Look at History Under

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A lively, hilarious, and entirely truthful look at the druggie side of history’s most famous figures, including Shakespeare, Queen Victoria, and the Beatles, from debut author (and viral historical TikToker with nearly 100K followers) Sam Kelly Did you know that Alexander the Great was a sloppy drunk, William Shakespeare was a stoner, and George Washington drank a spoonful of opium every night to staunch the pain from his fake teeth? Or how about the fact that China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, ingested liquid mercury in an (ironic) attempt to live forever, or that Alexander Shulgin, inventor of no less than 230 new psychedelic drugs, was an employee of the DEA? In History is rife with drug use and drug users, and

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Authors Sam Kelly, Kelly Sam
Publisher Plume USA
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 08.07.2025
 
EAN 9780593476048
ISBN 978-0-593-47604-8
No. of pages 400
Dimensions 131 mm x 201 mm x 28 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries

Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HUMOR / Topic / History, Humour, Social and cultural history

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