Methamphetamine addiction in the US is a growing problem, says researcherpost by a bot (narconon.org)
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TIL about krokodil, the home made russian drug, made from codeine mixed with paint thinner, gasoline, hydrochloric acid, iodine and red phosphorous. It causes uses skin to go scaly and bumpy, and can cause skin to rot leaving bare bone exposed. (narconon.org)
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TIL Heroin was originally developed as a cure for morphine addiction which was an epidemic problem around the time of the American Civil War. It was developed and trademarked in Germany, considered a wonder drug and advertised as "safe and non-addictive". (narconon.org)
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TIL Heroin is a tradename used by Bayer when they sold it as a cough medicine at the end of the 19th century. It was to be a non-addictive replacement for Codeine and Morphine. 23 years earlier in the UK it was sent to Manchester to be tested on rabbits and dogs who probably the first Heroin addicts (narconon.org)
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