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minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-22 days agoFun Fact: It was cheaper than liquor for a time, despite being a mixture of alcohol and opium, because it was classified as a medicine and exempt from a punitive liquor tax. … this led to an explosion in laudanum abuse in Britain.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoSounds similar to the situation in Northern Europe: alcohol is taxed like crazy, it is much cheaper to get a prescription drug.
Fun Fact: It was cheaper than liquor for a time, despite being a mixture of alcohol and opium, because it was classified as a medicine and exempt from a punitive liquor tax.
… this led to an explosion in laudanum abuse in Britain.
Sounds similar to the situation in Northern Europe: alcohol is taxed like crazy, it is much cheaper to get a prescription drug.