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I'm with you - this is a noted (at least in Canada) author, who appears to be ignorant of history and especially of markers in his own craft. Sherlock Holmes/sn
by hunterjrj 11y ago
I'm with you - this is a noted (at least in Canada) author, who appears to be ignorant of history and especially of markers in his own craft. Sherlock Holmes/snuff, etc.
- thorin 11y agoI remember reading this in uni too - lots of examples in the 1800s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_English_Opium-Eater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_English_Opiu...
- coldtea 11y ago>Sherlock Holmes/snuff, etc. Sherlock Holmes or Freyd etc, is not indicative of any trends in the general population. Might as well have used Mescalito indians as an example to rampant psychedelics use in the USA in the 19th century...
- hunterjrj 11y ago"It originated in the Americas and was in common use in Europe by the 17th century" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_%28tobacco%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_%28tobacco%29
- coldtea 11y agoIn the same Wikipedia articles it mentions several times that it mostly spread among the elites.