Images from the preprohibition era

Before Prohibition: Images from the preprohibition era when many psychotropic substances were legally available in America and Europe

In Preparations...

Opium Dried latex of the unripe seed pod of P. somniferum, commonly smoked.
Vin Mariani This cocaine-containing wine is the best known of several brands popular in the late 1800s

Cocaine (Methylbenzoylecgonine)
Heroin (diacetylmorphine)

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Erythroxylum coca (Coca)
The leaves of the coca plant are chewed socially throughout the South American andes as a stimulant and to protect against the effects of high elevation

Amphetamines, Analogs, and Precursors (Amphetamine and its stimulant analogs, as well as synthetic precursors.)

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