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Bayer Heroin

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Bayer AG (ADR) (OTCMKTS:BAYRY), one of the biggest drug companies in the world, sold Heroin at the end of the 19th century. The drug was sold in bottles under the “Heroin” brand and was even suggested as a remedy against coughing for children. Only closer to the beginning of the 20th century was it discovered that heroin leads to addiction and in 1914, the U.S government restricted its use to prescription-only. In 1925, the drug was banned altogether by the FDA.

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