When the thirst for diversity was quenched by a massive and continuous import of spices, dyes and aromatic substances, the resulting infrastructure focused on other

Isn’t it a stretch to discuss sugar in the context of human consumption of psychoactive substances? Far from it. Sugar abuse is the least discussed

The breaking and dehumanization of human institutions and human lives, now triggered by crack cocaine, is nothing compared to what European passion for sugar did

In the opening lines of his magnificent poem “Sunday Morning,” Wallace Stevens conveys the image of radiant transcendence, as well as the familiar and usual

For purely practical purposes, we can say that tea, coffee and cocoa were brought to England at the same time in 1650. For the first

At the end of the 18th century, the tea trade experienced a crisis, and the government of Lord North made a series of ill-considered decisions

The trade in opium was nothing more than British terrorism directed against the population of China, until the restrictions imposed by the Chinese government on

The 11th-century Persian scientist Avicenna, who died from an overdose of opium in 1037 (this was the first death case noted in history), was one

There were also detractors of coffee, but they always remained in the minority. Many blamed him for the death of French Minister Colbert, who died

The importation of chocolate into Europe is almost the very tail of the fashion for caffeine stimulation that began during the industrial revolution. Chocolate made