High Society: The Victorian Cocaine Craze (Part 2)
Update: 2025-07-23
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In Part 1, we sniffed around the medical labs. Now, in Part 2, we hit the streets. This episode dives into how real-life Victorians embraced the white stuff: from coca wine and the original cocaine-laced Coca-Cola to Sherlock Holmes' habit and Dr. Jekyll’s chemical curiosities.
Sources:
The Atlantic: Why We Took Cocaine Out of Soda
The Guardian: The story of Dr Jekyll, Mr Hyde and Fanny, the angry wife who burned the first draft
United Nations: World Drug Report 2025
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