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Podcast: The Next Big Idea Daily
Episode: Human History on Drugs
Description: When we talk about the forces that shape history, we usually hear about wars, revolutions, inventionsā¦ maybe the occasional love affair. But thereās one powerful force thatās rarely acknowledgedābecause, well, it makes people uncomfortable.
That force is drugs.
In his new book ā Human History on Drugsā , writer and historian Sam Kelly uncovers the surprising, often scandalous ways that everything from opium to cocaine has shaped leaders, inspired art, fueled some bad decisionsāand some good ones. Itās a provocative and oddly humanizing look at the past, and it just might change the way you thin...