[DiogenesLamp]

I'm not interested in reading your rehashed and edited (for deliberate confusion) line of crap. Post civil war, addiction was *NOT* declining, it was going up.

The Civil war left the nation with 400,000 opium and cocaine addicts which jump started narcotic addiction in this country. The incorporation of opiates and cocainoids in popular patent medicines and beverages spurred even further addiction. This is *WHY* they passed the pure food and drug act in 1906. It was because they were noticing a lot of people getting stuck on dope.

[ConservingFreedom]

I'm not interested in reading your rehashed and edited (for deliberate confusion) line of crap. Post civil war, addiction was *NOT* declining, it was going up.

I have evidence, you have claims. I'm not interested in whether that interests you - just pointing it out for sane, honest readers.