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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Disappointed in the World's Greatest Detective
I think Doyle wanted Holmes to be eccentric- It has been a long time ago that I read (all) his stories, but I faintly remember there is a given an explanation for his consuming cocaine (but I can't remember where); In the past, drugs where consumed very often by artists and intellectuals in order to get inspired (for example Byron, Shelley,...)