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I'm down with that 19th Century History General or meta (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't know what it is, and apparently it's so bad I should never know.

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 11 points 10 months ago (1 child)

A solution of opium and alcohol. It was excluded from an alcohol tax as a 'medicine' in 18th-early 19th century Britain, and so became a very popularly abused drug, as it was cheaper than strong liquor.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Ah, interesting. Thanks.

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