Queen Victoria was a pothead and coke head.

No, seriously.

Drugs such as cocaine and cannabis were not made illegal until after the Queen died. In fact, they were very often prescribed by doctors for various forms of pain, weakness, and a number of other ailments. Women often used cannabis to cope with menstrual cramps and childbirth pain. The Queen's own doctors prescribed it to her just for those reasons. She also drank a precursor to Coca-Cola called Vin Mariani that contained somewhere between 6 mg and 7.5 mg of cocaine. It was made from Bordeaux wine treated with coca leaves and ads for Vin Mariani claimed that it would restore health, strength, energy, and vitality.