Gambling and the use of opium have been forbidden unto you.
Eschew them both, O people, and be not of those who transgress. Beware of using
any substance that induceth sluggishness and torpor in the human temple and
inflicteth harm upon the body. We, verily, desire for you naught save what
shall profit you, and to this bear witness all created things, had ye but ears
to hear.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
