High Society (exhibition) at the Wellcome Collection.
"From ancient Egyptian poppy tinctures to Victorian cocaine eye drops, Native American peyote rites to the salons of the French Romantics, mind-altering drugs have a rich history. 'High Society' will explore the paths by which these drugs were first discovered - from apothecaries' workshops to state-of-the-art laboratories - and how they came to be simultaneously fetishised and demonised in today’s culture."
11 November 2010 - 27 February 2011.
http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions/high-society.aspx