Nope, 19th century at least

as Opium and as Ludnum, much earier.
Apparently, in the middle ages, peasants in the fens used to buy it on market stalls in Ely. It was used to keep the "fen ague" at bay and the local biddy who looked after all the kids so their parents could work in t fields, put it on dummies as a sedative.

Posted By: CB41 on October 15th 2007 at 13:05:01

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Baseball caps are shit and (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 12:48:33
- as Peter Doherty rightly points out... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 15, 13:21:45
  - what about an Englishman scagging his whole body off? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 15, 13:32:43
  - yep... (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 13:29:38
    - Haha. Keep that train a'rollin on into the night. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 15, 13:51:41
    - not a baseball cap... (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 15, 13:49:38
      - No, even more stupid (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Oct 15, 14:00:24
- Fernando Derveld? (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Oct 15, 12:59:37
- i prefer wearing one to a sunbonnet though (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 12:53:48
  - Those bonnets are from mbk's personal collection. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 12:55:13
    - That's true - they make me feel confident and flirty. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 15, 13:33:38
- Baseball caps are entirely acceptable under the following circumstances: (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 12:53:25
  - 3) Keep the sun out of your eyes on holiday (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Oct 15, 14:00:43
  - i will take your a and your b (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 12:56:24
- aids? (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Oct 15, 12:49:26
  - Aflicts far fewer than feckin baseball caps. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 12:51:35
    - Heroin? (n/m) (General Chat) - Gay_Nigel, Oct 15, 12:55:37
      - Diamorphine (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 15, 13:14:03
      - older than 100 years though intut (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 15, 12:56:56
        
        I thought it only got to Britain in the 20th century.... (General Chat) - Gay_Nigel, Oct 15, 12:59:58
        
        Nope, 19th century at least (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 13:05:01
        
        Laudanum. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 15, 13:09:20
        
        Did Brom know? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 15, 13:13:26
        
        No (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Oct 15, 14:13:46
        
        Oh yes, of course - Sherlock Holmes was doing it in the 1800's, wasn't he? (n/m) (General Chat) - Gay_Nigel, Oct 15, 13:08:51
        
        That was cocaine (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Oct 15, 19:22:20

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