[rusk]

World War 1 and 2 were drug fueled. Americans saw the carnage after WW1 and instituted prohibition and then entered WW2 as the only sober participants.

The Chinese 100 years of humiliation at the hands of the Brits, was down to Opium

The fall of the medieval European dynasties was all down to Luandanum

Time and again, the unhealthy, and unregulated use of drugs has toppled empires and led to social upheaval.

Makes perfect sense if you ran a country you would be scared of it.

[IAmBroom]

Correction: "laudanum", not "Luandanum". And there's no reason to capitalize that, nor opium.

Not clear why you think the Hapsburgs and the Medicis lost their reigns due to alcoholic opium use. That's a new one to me.

Edit: Also, I was unaware the Allies were uniformly under the influence (aside from the Yanks). Citation?

[rusk]

> there's no reason to capitalize that

> Not clear why you think

> Citation?

Are you okay?

[lucketone]

Looked up: Luandanum is opium dissolved in alcohol (for next clueless reader)