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Now imagine heroin had just been discovered ~10 years ago... and corporations were peddling it to average folks who didn't know any better... And it was ruining
by Liquix 4y ago
Now imagine heroin had just been discovered ~10 years ago... and corporations were peddling it to average folks who didn't know any better... And it was ruining people's lives... Oh yeah, that happened! Bayer knew on some level it was highly addictive, but it was legal and the money was good.
It won't get better until it's regulated.
- walthamstow 4y agoWhy Bayer? By your first sentence I thought you were going to say Purdue. I haven't read anything before about Bayer and opiates.
- andsoitis 4y agoBayer invented heroin. “A century ago, scientists at a German pharmaceutical firm investigated a chemical modification to morphine that made it more palatable as a cough suppressant. The Bayer Co., predecessor to today’s pharmaceutical giant, marketed its popular new remedy as “Heroin.” —- https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/from-cough-medicine-to-deadly-addiction-a-century/ https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/from-cough-medicine-t...
- walthamstow 4y agoThanks. I was only off base by about a century :)
- datavirtue 4y agoAs in, mom is a hero for giving morphine to her kids.