In Part 1, we sniffed around the medical labs. Now, in Part 2, we hit the streets. This episode dives into how real-life Victorians embraced the white stuff: from coca wine and the original cocaine-laced Coca-Cola to Sherlock Holmes' habit and Dr. Jekyll’s chemical curiosities.

Sources:

Mike Jay: Miracle or Menace?

The Atlantic: Why We Took Cocaine Out of Soda

The Guardian: The story of Dr Jekyll, Mr Hyde and Fanny, the angry wife who burned the first draft

United Nations: World Drug Report 2025

Smithsonian: Vin Mariani