No prescription. No pharmacist consultation. Fifteen cents.
Lloyd Manufacturing Co. sold cocaine toothache drops openly across the United States — marketed to mothers, endorsed by dentists, stocked on apothecary shelves right next to the cough syrup.
The idea that this substance was dangerous? That hadn't been invented yet.
Card 2 is the decade that made this possible: an era when "cocaine" appeared in pharmaceutical catalogues the way aspirin does today.
Card 3 is what happens if you try any of this now.
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