Question

Which of the following drugs was produced and first consumed during its transformative era?

a) alcohol
b) peyote
c) heroin
d) Barbital
e) none of the above

Answer 1

Heroin was the drug produced and first consumed during its transformative era, which was marked by significant medical advancement and societal change in the late 19th century.

Step-by-step explanation:

The drug that was produced and first consumed during its transformative era, among the options provided, is heroin. Alcohol has been used for thousands of years, well before what would be considered a transformative era, and the use of peyote by Native Americans for religious ceremonies predates the transformative era as well. Barbital, while a more recent development than alcohol or peyote, was not the first drug to be consumed during its transformative era like heroin, which was first synthesized in the late 19th century during a time of significant medical advancement and societal change.