In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
NARCOTISM
Noun
narcotism (countable and uncountable, plural narcotisms)
A narcotic effect; the tendency to cause narcosis.
Addiction to a narcotic drug.
Anagrams
• romancist, romantics
Source: Wiktionary
Nar"co*tism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. narcotisme.]
Definition: Narcosis; the state of being narcotized. G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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