Imagine peppy 19th and early 20th century ads for over-the-counter drug products containing cocaine and heroin, rewritten with today's medical knowledge. DrugAbuse.com, a resource for addiction treatment, did just that, updating 10 vintage ads for casual use of narcotics to include less blind enthusiasm and more science.
There are ads for cocaine drops, and cocaine tablets, and cocaine wine. Or maybe you'd prefer some "glyco-heroin" (peddled by an earlier iteration of GlaxoSmithKline), or some benzedrine sulfate—aka, speed.
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