Laudanum example, the wife of the US president Abraham Lincoln, was a laudanum addict, as was the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who was famously interrupted in the middle of an opium-induced writing session of "Kubla Khan" by a "person from Porlock". Initially a working class drug, laudanum was cheaper than a bottle of gin or wine, because it was treated as a medication for legal purposes and not taxed as an alcoholic beverage. Laudanum was used in home remedies and prescriptions, as well as a single medication. For example, a 1901 medical book published for home health use gave the
Volunteer (Old Crow Medicine Show album) Volunteer (Old Crow Medicine Show album) Volunteer is the sixth studio album by folk band Old Crow Medicine Show. It was released in April 2018 under Columbia Nashville. The album is the band's first to feature Joe Andrews who plays on every track and has subsequently become a full band member. The album received a Metacritic score of 85 based on 6 critics, indicating universal acclaim. The album debuted at No. 14 on Top Country Albums, No. 1 on Bluegrass Albums, and No. 7 on Americana/Folk Albums, with 7,000 equivalent album units (6,500 in traditional album sales) in its first