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The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

14 Apr

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish is a 1916 movie whose protagonist is a cocaine using detective (Sherlock Holmes himself, you might remember was an avid cocaine user).  The film, co-written by American film pioneer D.W. Griffith, includes some of the earliest depictions of drug use in American cinema.

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