Early 20th Century

Bayer Sold Heroin as Children's Cough Medicine

A cough syrup marketed to Victorian mothers contained more heroin than most street drugs today.

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Pharmaceutical IndustryAddictionMedicineGermanyEarly 20th CenturyPublic HealthCorporate HistoryDrug PolicyHeinrich DreserBayerSocial Control

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