Heroin was initially marketed in the United States as a pain killer for children.
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*Sigh* “Heroin in and of itself is not that bad”
Seriously? Do you consider addicting children to heroin not that bad? Benevolent thought...Bayer did not know what they were doing (likely). Malevolent thought...Bayer did and did not care...Just because it was available (like morphine, opium and other opiates), that does not mean that “Heroin in and of itself is not that bad.”
From article:
Obviously, it quickly became apparent that Bayer’s claims of the drug not being addictive were completely false, with reports popping up within months of its widespread release. Despite this, it continued to sell well in the medical field. Finally, in 1913, after the number of Heroin addicts began to skyrocket and it became likely that it would shortly be banned in many countries, Bayer decided to stop producing the drug.
BTW, they also poured opium down babies’ throats...
https://io9.gizmodo.com/5896669/when-opium-was-for-newborns-and-bayer-sold-heroin
Heroin, outside the body, was unquestionably different than morphine. Unfortunately, when heroin crosses the blood-brain barrier, the body metabolizes it to morphine. In fact, heroin gets into the brain quicker, thanks to its particular solubility, than morphine itself. The company had just worked out a way for someone to get a high faster.
Like opium, just because heroin was introduced as a pain killer for kids, did not make it safe or “not that bad.” It was bad then, it was bad 60s and 70s.
There are many more articles...So please don’t argue that because it was marketed as kids’ cough syrup does not make “Heroin in and of itself mot that bad” It is bad!
You have completely missed the point. You asked sarcastically if Heroin is worst then Ebola. The point is that it isn’t worse than Fentanyl. Get it?
BTW, how many reports can you find of children who died from Heroin when it was marketed legally?
Reference my post #224 and, as I now see, many others of similar sourcing and comments. This is not a “benign” drug.
After all, opium addiction was purposefully used by the British Empire to bring down China as their client state of addicts... from the tea-taels of silver- opium exchange done through Hong Kong and causing the Opium Wars, which the Brits fought to maintain the trade.