tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908345280486873.post5775187393451413327..comments2023-10-21T08:05:26.223-04:00Comments on Rebecca's Book Blog: Author guest post - Y.S. Lee, author of A Spy in the HouseRebecca Hermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12045279026055038231noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908345280486873.post-64986494011356124382010-03-25T06:54:29.853-04:002010-03-25T06:54:29.853-04:00Ah laudanum the family friendly drug :) Maybe it&#...Ah laudanum the family friendly drug :) Maybe it's just me, but I;m seeing an increase in historical fiction where laudanum is shown for the dangerous substance it really was, like The Journals of Dora Damage and Sleep Pale Sister, as oppossed to fiction where people are just swiging back opium with no ill effects. I recently learnt about the awful joint swelling it caused, sounds terrible.Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462660276240016464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908345280486873.post-67357379535029143562010-03-13T11:51:30.542-05:002010-03-13T11:51:30.542-05:00How many people know cocaine was used in the Coca ...How many people know cocaine was used in the Coca Cola formula from about 1880 to 1902? Opium itself may have had a bad association with Opium dens and undesirables, but its derivatives were readily available and widely used. No regulation and no real understanding of the true dangers of overuse and addiction. <br /><br />Sad to say we seem not to have learned much. Our society today is way over-medicated. I am amazed at the heavy duty drugs doctors will give patients when they are not really necessary. My husband had minor surgery and was sent home with 60 oxycodone when Tylenol was sufficient. He never took any of it. There are people we know who are on a dozen different heavy duty medications. That can not be healthy. How many of their problems are caused by the medications and interactions of medications people are taking?<br /><br />Hope the release of THE AGENCY is going well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873908345280486873.post-90028670014245762942010-03-12T16:26:33.684-05:002010-03-12T16:26:33.684-05:00A drug to dull hunger pains that would result in t...A drug to dull hunger pains that would result in the dulling of the senses and addiction. I hope that today mothers esepcially don't have to use a drug with two faces. My hope is that society is so modern now and new things are constantly being discovered that side effects and other warnings wil help people make decisions about taking drugs that are supposed to help.<br /><br />Hooray to Britain for bringing Opium to China. Not.MissAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.com