Sherlock Holmes, casually taking cocaine to “escape from the commonplaces of existence.”
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"A modern, hi-tech drug for the most modern and technologically innovative of detectives." Very interesting how Arthur Conan Doyle had to wean Sherlock off it, after being made aware of the risks of taking cocaine. @rek "I can see it clearly Waston, as clear as day, I.. " |
@rek I always wondered about that. From the descriptions I've got from others, it seems like unlike say opiates which take you out of the world cocaine makes you experience it more intensely. Has it been described to me wrong or does he just channel that energy into going into his own head and thinking about chess problems really hard?