Did you know - Cocaine was once a legal medicine
Cocaine was sold over the counter.
Cocaine was sold over the counter.
History and origin
History and origin
In the mid 1880s.
What was it used for?
What was it used for?
It was mostly given to children to relieve toothache. The above picture of an advert even says “instantaneous cure.”
Many medicinal beverages and tonics began to contain cocaine – long-term users of which may suffer seriously disrupted eating and sleeping patterns, psychotic delusions and hallucinations, not to mention severe depression upon withdrawal.
Illegal usage
Illegal usage
Cocaine was banned in the US in 1920.
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