> What's Absinthe? Laudinum? What are their effects? What does opium do for > a fella, besides euphoria? > > I've got a pretty good handle on peyote, but what other narcotics are around > for consumption in historical Wild West/Victorian times? Cocaine existed. It was in several "patent medicines", which basically were just placebos. Nick Zachariasen Editor Emeritus Trojan Times