YOUNG PEOPLE - FREAKY FACTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DRUGS….

Ancient Rome… you could be arrested for being drunk in charge of a chariot!

1000 AD…. Opium (heroin is made from this plant) was widely used as a medicine in China and India

1691…. In some parts of Germany you could be executed for smoking tobacco!

1885…. Coca cola was invented in America. Until 1903 it had a small amount of cocaine in it

1898… German medicine company discovered heroin and sold it as a painkiller! Doctors didn’t know you could get hooked on it

1947…. A Swiss chemist named Albert Hoffmann accidentally made LSD in his laboratory and had a very peculiar ride home on his bike

World War 2…. Soldiers in the army were given speed to keep them going during battle

1997… Police can now take alcohol away from under 18’s if they are drinking in public

2005…. Magic mushrooms even picked fresh from a field now count as possession of a Class A drug if you are found with them in your pockets!