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Chopin - opium
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Classical music and drugs: which composers took what?
10. Chopin - opium
Another supposed opium fiend (it was everywhere at the time), Chopin was rumoured to regularly take the drug with a sugar cube as a method of combating the symptoms of his tuberculosis.
