Some artists indulge in the use of drugs because they believe it enhances their creativity. Which drugs did author Edgar Allan Poe regularly use?

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Edgar Allan Poe was known to use laudanum and alcohol regularly. Laudanum is a liquid opioid mixture that contains morphine and codeine, which was commonly used to treat pain and other ailments. Poe may have used it to self-medicate for his own physical and emotional pain.

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