Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allen Poe's entertainment field is mainly poetry, he was also an editor and literary critic
He was famous for his poems like Alone http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alone-5/
and a dream in a dream http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-dream-within-a-dream/
and Anabelle Lee http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/annabel-lee/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf7aBCrfOQE
Edgar Allen Poe's abused drugs
He abused opium, which is used to make heroin and has other uses, he also abused alcohol.
Pictures
A picture of Edgar Allen Poe
A picture of the the opium flowers
This is what can be used to make heroin and other drugs
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Opium_poppy_mohnkapsel.jpg
A stanza in one of his poems The Raven
Negative effects
His use of opium caused him to attempt suicide also with laudanum and inspired some of his ideas, and an alcohol spree or being drugged led to his death but they cannot be certain which one it was.
Citations
https://www.google.com/search?q=what+drugs+did+edgar+allen+poe+do&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=623&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDjvPQ8anMAhWEw4MKHZFqAkwQ_AUIBSgA&dpr=1#safe=strict&q=edgar+allan+poe+did+what+drugs
http://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poealchl.htm
The rest of citations come from the poems above.