Sherlock Holmes & Drug Abuse?💊

When I started reading Sherlock Holmes adventures, I was shocked and amused to find out Sherlock was into cocaine and even smoked some opium in one story.

I guess by today's standards Sir Authur Conan Doyle was writing "crime fiction":-)

The Last Book I Read Changed My Life and So Has Every Other Book I Have Read

From my November 8th, 2023, local newspaper

Sherlock Holmes and Cocaine

Cocaine and Opium Dens in the
Sherlock Holmes Series

I guess Sherlock would have been rather thankful for the 'Columbian Exchange' I wrote about in this recent post, considering his tabaco habit, as well -

Killers of the Flower Moon and The Columbian Exchange?🍿🥔🍟