One of the guys that founded the modern medical education system was a coke head: https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/cocaine-addict-who-changed-medicine-for

One of the guys that founded the modern medical education system was a coke head: https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/cocaine-addict-who-changed-medicine-forever https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/cocaine-addict-who-cha... The Mayans used coca leaves to get more work out of their people. I guess medical residency is kind of like a hazing ritual. Today's doctor's are like I went though it, why can't you?