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A president's war on weed, Victoria's drug empire, and mysterious mail delays

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Beaker Incorporating Three Dice. c. 1730. Bohemia, Czech Republic

Happy Thursday! Today we explore the bizarre spectacle of FBI agents conducting $25 marijuana busts in DC as part of Trump's latest crackdown. Meanwhile, a fascinating new book reveals Queen Victoria was history's biggest drug kingpin, running an opium empire that would make Pablo Escobar …

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