Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
