Cocaine Is a Hell of a Drug...

"COCAINE IS A HELL OF A DRUG" stated by the famous late great Rick "Superfreak" James!!!  



But here is to great times past - before the FDA was created... Thanks sis for finding this golden nugget of GREAT information and a great topic...



They FDA should re-consider some of the Greats from the past.

*Medications of Times Past*

Have you ever wondered why our great-grandparents all had such fond memories of their youth?  Well, I'm very surprised they remembered anything at all!  

Forget Tums & Tylenol.  Forget Aleeve or Benadryl. 

Look at the stuff they had way back then!

Bayer’s ‘Heroin’

A bottle of Bayer’s ‘Heroin’.

Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictive substitute for morphine.

It was also used to treat children suffering with a strong cough.

Coca Wine, anyone?

Metcalf's Coca Wine was one of a huge variety of wines with cocaine on the market. Everybody used to say that it would make you happy and it would also work as a medicinal  treatment. Which a variation of this type of Coca Wine - more Coca - Bourduex Wine is still around today. You might know it by today's name - Coca~Cola!

Mariani Wine.

Mariani wine (1875) was the most famous of the Coca wine of it's time.

Pope Leo XIII used to carry one bottle with him all the time.

He awarded Angelo Mariani (the producer) with a Vatican gold medal.

Vatican tested, Vatican Approved!

Maltine.

Produced by the Maltine Manufacturing Company of New York . 

It was suggested that you, a full grown adult should take a full glass with or after every meal. Children should only take half a glass. Those are some great tips, no wonder our grand parents fell asleep around 8 pm and early bird specials are around 4:30 pm.

A Paperweight:

A paperweight promoting C.F. Boehringer & Soehne (Mannheim, Germany).They were proud of being the biggest producers in the world of products containing Quinine and Cocaine. Great ad campaign, I am on eBay at the moment looking for one of these gems!

Opium for Asthma:

       At 40% alcohol plus 3 grams of opium per tablet.

It didn't cure you... but you didn't care!

I wonder if you needed to be diagnosed with asthma or could you just say hey, I got asthma? Gimme Gimme bitches!

 

 

Cocaine Tablets (1900)

All stage actors, singers, teachers and preachers had to have them for a maximum performance.

Great to 'smooth' the voice! And what a voice you would have or don't remember having. I wonder if they started smoking this elixir? This is what led to the early greats having golden pipes and drug addictions, causing most to have a short-lived career.

Cocaine drops for toothache.

Very popular for children in 1885.

 Not only did they relieve the pain, they made the children very happy! All is well when your kids are doped up. No fighting, no yelling, no screaming, just peace and quiet.

Opium for newborns?

            I'm sure this would make them sleep well.  

(not only the Opium, but also the 46% alcohol) I guess not much waking up in the middle of the night. It is no wonder the dad's could work harder, they got more sleep than us.

     It's no wonder they were called,

"The Good Old Days".

     And it's no wonder why the drug store was such a popular hang out for everyone!

From cradle to grave... everyone was STONED!!!