[chajin]

But not everyone thinks Duston was a hero.
No, many who are literate think she was a heroine.

And that was 200 years before heroin.
(Invented by Bayer in an attempt to create a drug that had the effects of cocaine without the niddling side effect of addiction. Didn't work.)

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Codeine, not cocaine.

[Mack the knife]

And that was 200 years before heroin.
(Invented by Bayer in an attempt to create a drug that had the effects of cocaine without the niddling side effect of addiction. Didn’t work.)

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It is my understanding that morphine could not be used for abdominal surgery because it caused nausa (vomiting would pop the stitches); heroin was created to provide pain relief without nausea. It worked ... too well.

Early trials were successful because the patients were not addictive personalities; FDA approved usage, and 6 months later they discovered they had tens of thousands of addicts. FDA shut down usage, and gangsters were more than happy to fill the void.