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<blockquote data-quote="Prince of Happiness" data-source="post: 3519383" data-attributes="member: 19819">That pretty much echoes my thoughts. I don't think there was much mention of a &quot;drug problem&quot; in medieval European society namely because it was either not worth mentioning, and that alcohol was much more prevalent than narcotics.Funny you mention the Opium Wars. When I was thinking this thread up, I thought about them. I think that might be the last time you'll see a Western society fighting a war for the right to deal narcotics! But I did note that the Manchu Dynasty only finally moved forward with anti-drug legislation when availability became massive which brought me to your third point, that production just wasn't up to snuff, and hard narcotics like cocaine and heroin were centuries away, while marijuana...why pay for that when you could just grow it? Other stimulants such as coca, qaf, and coffee where regarded as either beneficial, or culturally entrenched and therefore not really viewed as a &quot;problem.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prince of Happiness, post: 3519383, member: 19819"] That pretty much echoes my thoughts. I don't think there was much mention of a "drug problem" in medieval European society namely because it was either not worth mentioning, and that alcohol was much more prevalent than narcotics. Funny you mention the Opium Wars. When I was thinking this thread up, I thought about them. I think that might be the last time you'll see a Western society fighting a war for the [b]right[/b] to deal narcotics! But I did note that the Manchu Dynasty only finally moved forward with anti-drug legislation when availability became massive which brought me to your third point, that production just wasn't up to snuff, and hard narcotics like cocaine and heroin were centuries away, while marijuana...why pay for that when you could just grow it? Other stimulants such as coca, qaf, and coffee where regarded as either beneficial, or culturally entrenched and therefore not really viewed as a "problem." [/QUOTE]

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