recorded August 20, 2025Tonight we begin an exploration of the tawdry underbelly of repressed Victorian society, venturing into what is not discussed in polite society. We approach Victorian drug use, medical and recreational, of opium, cocaine, and cannabis.The Steampunk Doctor: Practicing Medicine in a Victorian Mechanical AgeDrugs in Victorian BritainOpium in Victorian BritainOpium Use in the 19th CenturyBusted: How Cocaine went from Friend to Fiend in the 19th CenturyHow Marijuana Was Used In Victorian EnglandCannabis Britannica: The Rise and Demise of a Victorian England Wonder-Drug