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The History of Drugs
Cleopatra, Socrates, and 80,000 Americans died due to drugs like opium and heroin. The effects of drugs stay the same, but the stories we tell about them change. Morphine was replaced by heroin as a painkiller in the US. Whether a drug is considered dangerous or not goes beyond its properties, it depends on the stories our culture tells about it.