Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Holmes

From: Buzz ( BuzzMeeks@attbi.com)
Date: 02 May 2002

In the U.S., cocaine was legal until 1915 and IIRC was up to that time, an ingrediant in Coca-Cola.

Brad

> >As regards Holmes, didn't one of the stories end with the line: "And I
have
> >my cocaine."?
> In 19th century Britain, what are nowadays hard and illegal drugs were
> acceptable medicines. They were NOT illegal.

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