We were really poor! We smoked grapevines!
btw, re paragoric: it wasn’t that long ago you could get it without a script. You just had to sign for it.
Was Paregoric used for colic? I also remember Coke syrup for upset tummys. My mom would always rub whiskey on a teething babies gums and blow cigarette smoke in an ear for an earache! Oh! And tobacco from a cig mixed with water to put on bee stings! lol
Thinking back now, maybe she got it in the college infirmary. But we *knew* it was opium and I don’t think anyone just went to the drugstore and bought it. Maybe they did - I’m not real up on drugs at all.