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If religion is the opiate of the people$$$ tradition is an even more sinister analgesic$$$ simply because it rarely appears sinister. If religion is a tight band$$$ a throbbing vein$$$ and a needle$$$ tradition is a far homelier concoction: poppy seeds ground into tea; a sweet cocoa drink laced with cocaine; the kind of thing your grandmother might have made.