Discuss the laissez–faire attitude during the nineteenth century, and the implication that the United States was a dope fiend's paradise

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: During the nineteenth century, America's public attitude toward drug use was one of laissez-faire, roughly translated from the French as "allow [people] to do as they please," which means that there was little regulation or control of drugs. In fact, the United States was the only
major Western nation that allowed the unlimited distribution, sale, and promotion of psychoactive drugs during this period. The result was a nation of medicinal and recreational drug users that has been described as a "dope fiend's paradise."

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