Okay, good morning everyone. Today we are looking at the issue of drug addiction and 19th Century America or the term they wouldve used which was habitual drug use. This was before addiction was clearly understood we are going to look at how that idea develops into a social meaning. Even though we are going to be looking at addiction in america i mentioned that one of things will be focusing on is not america , but on england. And specifically a man named thomas dequincy. Youve read an expert about him. Who can start us off and tell us who he was . He was an upperclass gentleman, he considered himself a classical philosopher. And he came to use opium in the form of laudanum for the relief of a two cake toothache. It degenerated into chronic abuse. About 12,000 drops of a lot of them a day which is a Staggering Amount to think about. So we have him beginning is for medical use and minute continues from there. Could you tell me from the excerpt that you read what did you think of him . D