This book about historical figures’ drug use is an intoxicating must-read

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Humans have been using drugs since the beginning of recorded time, and historian Sam Kelly can prove it.

The witty and engaging “Human History on Drugs,” by author Sam Kelly, explores how substance use and abuse shaped figures like Queen Victoria, Richard Nixon and Sigmund Freud.