Drugs by LuskT

The First Opium War between the British and the Qing dynasty formally ended with the 1842 treaty signed in what city, whose name means "southern capital" in Mandarin?

Which movie character's plan for "relinquishing junk" included the following items, among others?

"One room which you will not leave. Soothing music. Tomato soup, ten tins of. Mushroom soup, eight tins of, for consumption cold. Ice cream, vanilla, one large tub of. Magnesia, milk of, one bottle. Paracetamol, mouthwash, vitamins. Mineral water, Lucozade, pornography. One mattress. One bucket for urine, one for feces and one for vomitus."

Which psychoactive substance also goes by the nonproprietary name dronabinol and is marketed in the US (and other countries) under the prescription name Marinol?

Which MLB player made the following remarks at the Congressional hearing on steroid use in March 2005?

"I have never taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs. I have never injected myself or had anyone inject me with anything. I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic. I have been tested as recently as 2004 and I am clean."

The "seven per-cent solution" of cocaine used by Sherlock Holmes, first appearing in The Sign of the Four, later serves as the title of a pastiche by which author, screenwriter, and director?

Thalidomide, marketed in the late 1950s as a cure for morning sickness, infamously resulted in thousands of infants born with deformed limbs. What name is given to any such substance that causes birth defects due to toxic effects on the developing fetus? (edited at 6:41 am, March 28, 2017 (PDT))

An updated version of the original anti-drug PSA using an egg and frying pan ("This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs.") was released in 1997 and featured what actress who would later go on to star in She's All That and Josie and the Pussycats?

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Which rapper scored his only top-20 single in 2001 by describing how marijuana was degrading his quality of life in the song "Because I Got High?"

Scrabble fans will recognize the short but unusual name of what plant, native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, whose leaves have long been used as a stimulant and euphoria-inducing drug?

Sensations of a hallucinogenic trip are described in the song "Walking in Space," included in what musical that debuted on Broadway in 1968?

In the late 19th and early 20th century, what opiate was - amazingly - marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough suppressant? Overdoses can lead to fatal respiratory depression - which will, technically, stop your cough.