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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 10:33 am
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Originally Posted by t325
The Pharmacy Museum (forgot the exact name) in New Orleans.

Who knew that heroin and cocaine were once prescribed by doctors?
You know they still are, right? Diamorphine is heroin, Benzoylmethylecgonine is cocaine.

The former is incredibly widely used, the latter has much more limited medical use, as there are now better alternatives, but it is still sometimes used.
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