Drugs in literature
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Drugs, both medicinal and recreational, have been mentioned in literature since ancient times.
The first writings dedicated to recreational drug use include Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and 'Artificial Paradises by Charles Baudelaire.
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See also
- Opium and Romanticism
- Cult fiction
- Psychedelic literature
- Club des Hashischins
- Synesthesia in literature
- Drug subculture
- Exploitation fiction
- Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library
- Cocaine in literature
- Heroin in literature
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Titles
- Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) by Thomas de Quincey
- The Hasheesh Eater (1857) by Fitz Hugh Ludlow
- Artificial Paradises by Charles Baudelaire on alcohol and hashish (1860)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (1949) by Nelson Algren
- Naked Lunch (1959) by William S. Burroughs
- Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson
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References
- Writing on Drugs (2001) by Sadie Plant
- Dope Menace: The Sensational World of Drug Paperbacks
- Ueber Hashish by Walter Benjamin
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