The new exhibition about the cultural history of (illegal) drugs has opened at the Wellcome Trust
From ancient Egyptian poppy tinctures to Victorian cocaine eye drops, Native American peyote rites to the salons of the French Romantics, mind-altering drugs have a rich history. ‘High Society’ will explore the paths by which these drugs were first discovered – from apothecaries’ workshops to state-of-the-art laboratories – and how they came to be simultaneously fetishised and demonised in today’s culture.
It runs until the end of february but has anybody been to see it already?
High Society – Wellcome Collection.
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