It was supposedly an era of countless rules of social etiquette, especially for women, who we’re so accustomed to imagining just sitting around stiffly in their corsets drinking tea. But isn’t there something endlessly unusual and curious about seeing Victorians slumped over in a drug den getting high?
https://www.messynessychic.com/2023/04/14/a-brief-compendium-of-vintage-opium-underworlds/