My house is that old and I was just wondering what people did back then, if anything. I live in the country yet I'm 10 minutes from the nearest grocery store so it's not like rolling farmland but still rural nonetheless.
2007-11-16 16:29:50 · 13 answers · asked by ConfedChick ! 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
That long ago....
Opium, Marijuana, Lithium, Cocaine, Morphine, Heroin and Alcohol, and Mescaline in the US. Many of which were legal and available over the counter, but, oddly enough, you needed a prescription to get Aspirin.
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apparently by the thumbs down, there are two folks out there annoyed at US history...
2007-11-16 16:43:51 · answer #1 · answered by Hatir Ba Loon 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
How common? Absinthe was legal then. So was cocaine and pot and alcohol and there are local varieties of things all over the world. Social conscience combined with the power of the tobacco industry has changed the profile and made non-tobacco entertainment risky. Joke, joke.
2007-11-17 00:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ever hear of wild mountain honey?
I dont think they went without. the woods have many things.
Four O clock, Scared Daktura, opium, morning glory, mushrooms.
Not sure how long hemp has been around but I am sure it isnt man made.
2007-11-17 12:57:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They had access to opiates, alcohol (including absinthe), a wide variety of herbs.
You could get cocaine and heroine at the local drug store.
Coca-Cola actually had cocaine in it.
They grew hemp.
2007-11-17 01:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by revsuzanne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those old grannies sitting on their porches rocking and smoking their pipes, didn't have tobacco in them.
There was also laudanum, and what about those "tonics" that the traveling peddlers used to sell..............mostly alcohol, and Lydia Pinkhams formula kept a lot of housewives happy.
2007-11-17 00:39:43 · answer #5 · answered by Isadora 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
110yrs ago marijuana was not only common, it was perfectly legal to use. It wasn't outlawed until 1937. Cocaine was also common, and they had opium. They also had Mezcal in the southwest, which is a form of cactus that is halluciongenic
Another drug that is still around today was heroin.
2007-11-17 00:38:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Opium. Similar to weed. Tastes a little better. The high is a bit different. Research it, it's still dealt, and the high is pretty awesome.
2007-11-17 00:32:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
They had opium and coke.....but mostly the good ole moonshine....it was cheaper and easier to get. A lot of meds back then had a lot of opium in them...so it was easy to get hooked on those and not really know it until it was too late.
2007-11-17 00:41:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
They had alcohol and varieties of locally available herbs.
2007-11-17 11:52:38 · answer #9 · answered by TARBA 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Coke, opiates
2007-11-17 00:32:43 · answer #10 · answered by fancy 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋