In the 19th century, the Sioux Indians of the Great Plains became addicted to coffee, which they called kazuta sapa—"black medicine." For a time, white traders were able to obtain a buffalo robe...

"The plant is idolatry and the work of the Devil, and appears to give strength only by a deception of the Evil One; it possesses no virtue but shortens the life of many Indians who at most escape f...

Colonial Virginia's Tobacco Production1618: 20,000 pounds1622: 60,000 pounds1627: 500,000 pounds1630: 1.5 million pounds Per Capita Consumption of Coffee in the U.S.1830: 3 pounds1850: 5.5 pou...

American Temperance Society Women's Christian Temperance Union Mothers Against Drunk Driving

addiction A physically or psychologically compulsive need for a habit-forming drug. adulterated Made impure through the addition of inferior and inappropirate ingredients. American Dream The ideal...