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Alexander the Great is often linked to poppy and a mythical βdrink of forgetting.β The evidence doesnβt support this. Poppy and opium were known long before him and used medically, but no reliable source says Alexander ordered poppy cultivation or used opium to erase grief or trauma. The idea comes from myth and later symbolism, not history. We forgive, we donβt forget. #Anonymous
