steady pace from year to year. During this time Opium was, in all its forms, legal. Most of the Opium was bought and distributed by doctors and Pharmaceutical companies. It served many medical purposes such as an Anesthesia for surgery and as a device for relieving severe pain in the body. It was the only hope for those in constant pain, many of whom were in their last hours of life. Those doctors would give the opium in pill form and after the siring became a common medical tool they began injecting it intravenously.
             During that time period Cocaine was also widely used by doctors for helping depression and physical pain. Cocaine was so widespread and accepted that it was used in elixirs for sore throats. The original Coca-cola formula did contain cocaine. Heroin's predecessor Morphine was also used by many in the health profession and was available to anyone.
             Another drug that is heavily shunned today but was widely accepted in the 1800's was Marijuana, or the technical term Cannabis sativa. It first became noticed by America when many reports from Britain's medical community
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