Ancient Greece

Opium poppy was found in ancient vases.

The doctors of the time found that opium can relax the patients and release the pain

Weed was used to connect people with spiritual world (fortune tellers)

15th century (Ottomath period) were using opium to children to relax them and don’t make them feel the war

19th century first strict law against drugs. It was because the more industrial and powerful cities that made trafficting easier, so it was out of control.

1st world war they started using opium again to relax

Greece started having world wide dealers such as brothers Ilioupoli that had been sending drugs from America to China

1891 Order from police: To forbite use of drugs

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Culture

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Rebetes were illegal citizens, poor or immigrants that they were living in the streets. They were singing rebetika a type of street music that reveal all their problems. Most songs talk about drugs