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This article examines the historical context of drug use in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It discusses the legal production of psychoactive substances such as opium and hemp, as well as the beginnings of non-medical use during World War I. The article also explores the social and cultural aspects of drug use, including the presence of salons where cocaine and hashish were used. It highlights a case of cocaine poisoning and the challenges in identifying deaths among long-term cocaine users. The article discusses the connection between drug use, prostitution, and the slave trade in the Balkans, and the limited treatment options for drug addiction. It concludes that drug abuse was rare and primarily seen in larger cities among the upper class. The document provides a list of references and sources related to the history of opium and drug use in the Balkans, offering diverse perspectives for researchers. Additionally, it presents a memorial published in 1933 by the Society for social assistance to the mentally ill in Stenjevac, Zagreb, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stenjevec State Hospital for Mental Illnesses. The document provides information about the hospital's work and includes references to articles on morphinism therapy and the use of pantopon in psychiatry. [Extracted from the article]

Background/Aim. The epidemic of typhus lasted for several months in the Kingdom of Serbia during the First World War, and a vast number of people lost their lives. The objective of the paper was to investigate how the Politika, Belgrade daily newspaper, informed the then Serbian public about the epidemic of typhus in the Great War. Methods. By using statistical and historical-critical method, the analysis of all texts published in the Politika from February 1915, when the Serbian government and the Supreme Command allowed the press to write about the epidemic of typhus, until the outbreak began to calm down at the beginning of May 1915, was performed. Results. In the observed period, among the texts dedicated to the typhus epidemic, news about people who died of typhus (obituaries), news about the epidemic itself, as well as affirmative texts about the feats of doctors. There were more texts about allies' military missions than about Serbian Army Medical Corps. The reporting was balanced and highly professional. Conclusion. In the period February-May 1915, a number of different articles about the typhus epidemic in Serbia during the Great War were published in the daily newspaper Politika. The reporting was wellbalanced, ethical and highly professional. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]