# Poisons of Lewis Carroll?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisons-of-lewis-carroll/150161>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 22, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisons-of-lewis-carroll/150161 "2003-01-22T05:15:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![the\_duke\_69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@the\_duke\_69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_duke_69)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisons-of-lewis-carroll/150161/1 "2003-01-22T05:15:23Z")

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What drugs did Lewis carroll use? thank you in advance!

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisons-of-lewis-carroll/150161/2 "2003-01-22T05:20:21Z")

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[None](http://mural.uv.es/masanar/6.html)

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**Author:** ![DLurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@DLurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DLurker)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisons-of-lewis-carroll/150161/3 "2003-01-22T05:24:44Z")

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Hmm, Not sure I understand who is the mind behind the page listed \*\* astro \*\*

I got to tell you though, that is one wild mind to come up with Jabberwocky and Alice in Wonderland without drugs…

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**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisons-of-lewis-carroll/150161/4 "2003-01-22T05:28:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by DLurker \*  
> \*\*Hmm, Not sure I understand who is the mind behind the page listed \*\* astro \*\*
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> I got to tell you though, that is one wild mind to come up with Jabberwocky and Alice in Wonderland without drugs… \*\*

Yep, he had a naturally wild mind.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisons-of-lewis-carroll/150161/5 "2003-01-22T15:18:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by antechinus \*  
> \*\*Yep, he had a naturally wild mind. \*\*

He grew it himself too; used a very powerful fertilizer called mathematics.