Sam Kelly explains how Queen Victoria became a huge fan of drugs—and how she brought China to its knees because of it.

“The late 19th and early 20th century were like the golden age of pharmaceutical discovery,” Courtwright said. “People were coming up with lots of valuable new drugs.” ...

19th-Century Lessons for Today’s Drug-War Policies by Brian DeLay July 27, 2009. Mexican federal police officers patrol the streets during an antidrug sweep of Ciudad Juárez, ...

These 19th century doctors and scientists experimented with drugs such as hashish, cocaine and chloroform. For some, it led to trouble. For others, it resulted in remarkable discoveries.

Racialized wars on drugs emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries—directed against Chinese people for opium use, African Americans in the South for charges of cocaine use, and Mexicans and ...

References from conservative justices to a long-dormant chastity law during the Supreme Court’s arguments in a major abortion pill case this week are bringing new attention to the 19th century ...

WASHINGTON — A 19th century “anti-vice” law is at the center of a new court ruling that threatens access to the leading abortion drug in the U.S. Dormant for a half-century, the Comstock Act ...

No drugs. No sedation. Half of those who underwent surgery in the 19th century didn't survive the experience. WARNING: Graphic. Scottish surgeon Robert Liston was known as the "Fastest Knife in ...