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PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish ·
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Need me some cough syrup

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Need me some cough syrup

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  • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    Gotta love the “a number of other ingredients” part, too.

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      Lead, extra strength lead, and plutonium.

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        And a pinch of asbestos

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        1 grain Lead, heavy. 3 grains Lead, extra heavy. 1 1/4 grains Gary.

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    That eighth of a grain of morphine sulfate is doing the heavy lifting

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    Is this an ad for abolishing the FDA?

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  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    And that was before the invention of Heroin™ which was supposed to make all that better.

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      Fun fact: heroin is actually an excellent cough suppressant, legitimately.

      Shame about all those other effects.

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        A ton of those other effects are highly sought after

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          Oh come on!
          It’s obviously used to cancel the side effects of the deadliest entry drug ever: cannabis
          Of course you look for ailments, when you cough out your lungs…

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    Fun time to remind people, you used to be able to buy Laudanum over-the-counter. For those who don’t know their classical medicine, or only recognize it from Amnesia: The Dark Descent, it’s typically 10% OPIUM per bottle.

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      Laudanum? Amateurs.

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      Fun Fact: It was cheaper than liquor for a time, despite being a mixture of alcohol and opium, because it was classified as a medicine and exempt from a punitive liquor tax.

      … this led to an explosion in laudanum abuse in Britain.

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        Sounds similar to the situation in Northern Europe: alcohol is taxed like crazy, it is much cheaper to get a prescription drug.

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      Well it would treat pretty much every symptom I guess. With a slight side effect of opioid addiction, no biggie right?

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        It’s fine, it’s only plants.

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      Gotta treat my opioid addiction …err… I mean headaches somehow.

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    Sure, it won’t cure your cough, but it will ensure you no longer care about having developed one. Or much of anything else, for that matter.

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      Oh, it cures your cough - as long as it’s active at least

      But your lungs also lose the ability to clean themselves and all the sludge just stays there

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        I’m not going to lie. It’s a tough call.

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    Back when you only needed an ounce of cough syrup to meet the Hatman

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    Don’t you worry, we’ll be getting snake oil in our pharmacies again soon enough.

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      Daytime cold medicine might as well be snake oil for all the good it does me.

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      Snake oil doesn’t sound as fun as morphine.

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        Oh, there will be plenty of opoids if Big Pharma can make a good buck off of it!

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          There was. No “if” about it.

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            No “was” about it either.

            Is.

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    Effing killjoys

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