(Josh) To know American History is to know the history of substance abuse. Whether alcohol, tobacco, or narcotics, Americans have sought the comfort of substances to ease the pains of the world and to "lubricate" life. And as long as there have been addicts in the United States, there have been others who claim to know the way out of addiction. At the end of the nineteenth century, Dr. Leslie Keeley claimed to have invented a cure to solve the addiction crisis he saw in the US. In order to deliver this cure, Keeley opened at least one treatment center in every US state. His cure? Injecting gold into the veins of patients. Chase a dragon along a gilded path on this episode of Footnoting History.
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Godiva’s Not-So-Naked Ride
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The Brothers York, Part II
The Brothers York, Part I
Sarojini Naidu: Beyond the Golden Threshold
Blue Jeans and the American Dream: The Story of Levi Strauss
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The Origins of the Salem Witch Trials
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Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris, and the South, Part I
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Ivanhoe and the Invention of Merry England
Sicilian Vespers, Part II: The Massacre and the War of the Vespers
Sicilian Vespers, Part I: The Uprising
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