Old School Drug Lords

Old Timey Drug Lord?
Apparently, the pharmacy was the place to get an over-the-counter buzz back at the turn of the century. We are not talking Sudafed here: Opium and Cocaine was being passed out like so many lollipops Kind of crazy to imagine that this illustration was done a few years before Prohibition. Apparently, bars were regulated but drugstores were not. The whole story can be read via Art of Drink





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