People vastly underestimate just how bad run-of-the-mill alcoholism was in past years, let alone more "exotic" illegal drugs. Look at the gin craze in London a

People vastly underestimate just how bad run-of-the-mill alcoholism was in past years, let alone more "exotic" illegal drugs. Look at the gin craze in London a few centuries ago, for example: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9a8e4e/a-gin-craze-nearly-destroyed-18th-century-london https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9a8e4e/a-gin-craze-nearly...