That'd be the least problematic ingredient, asbestos is perfectly harmless when ingested. Only breathing the fibres in would cause lung damage, which may lead to cancer.
Oh come on!
It's obviously used to cancel the side effects of the deadliest entry drug ever: cannabis
Of course you look for ailments, when you cough out your lungs...
Fun time to remind people, you used to be able to buy Laudanum over-the-counter. For those who don't know their classical medicine, or only recognize it from Amnesia: The Dark Descent, it's typically 10% OPIUM per bottle.
Fun Fact: It was cheaper than liquor for a time, despite being a mixture of alcohol and opium, because it was classified as a medicine and exempt from a punitive liquor tax.
... this led to an explosion in laudanum abuse in Britain.
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Stovetop@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 363d
Lord743@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 363d
Lead, extra strength lead, and plutonium.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 363d
1 grain Lead, heavy. 3 grains Lead, extra heavy. 1 1/4 grains Gary.
drath@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 362d
And a pinch of asbestos
viking@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 362d
That'd be the least problematic ingredient, asbestos is perfectly harmless when ingested. Only breathing the fibres in would cause lung damage, which may lead to cancer.
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 362d
It's cool bro, they were skillfully combined
roguetrick@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 363d
That eighth of a grain of morphine sulfate is doing the heavy lifting
philosloppy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 362d
morphine aint got shit on chloroform
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 40 pts · 363d
Is this an ad for abolishing the FDA?
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · -1 pts · 363d
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 36 pts · 363d
And that was before the invention of Heroin™ which was supposed to make all that better.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 41 pts · 363d
Fun fact: heroin is actually an excellent cough suppressant, legitimately.
Shame about all those other effects.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 363d
A ton of those other effects are highly sought after
naeap@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 362d
Oh come on!
It's obviously used to cancel the side effects of the deadliest entry drug ever: cannabis
Of course you look for ailments, when you cough out your lungs...
Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip · 32 pts · 363d
Fun time to remind people, you used to be able to buy Laudanum over-the-counter. For those who don't know their classical medicine, or only recognize it from Amnesia: The Dark Descent, it's typically 10% OPIUM per bottle.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 30 pts · 363d
Fun Fact: It was cheaper than liquor for a time, despite being a mixture of alcohol and opium, because it was classified as a medicine and exempt from a punitive liquor tax.
... this led to an explosion in laudanum abuse in Britain.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 3 pts · 363d
Sounds similar to the situation in Northern Europe: alcohol is taxed like crazy, it is much cheaper to get a prescription drug.
BestBouclettes@jlai.lu · 16 pts · 363d
Well it would treat pretty much every symptom I guess. With a slight side effect of opioid addiction, no biggie right?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 363d
It's fine, it's only plants.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 363d
Laudanum? Amateurs.
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 363d
Gotta treat my opioid addiction ...err... I mean headaches somehow.
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 25 pts · 363d
Sure, it won't cure your cough, but it will ensure you no longer care about having developed one. Or much of anything else, for that matter.
naeap@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 362d
Oh, it cures your cough - as long as it's active at least
But your lungs also lose the ability to clean themselves and all the sludge just stays there
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 362d
I'm not going to lie. It's a tough call.
threeonefour@piefed.ca · 19 pts · 363d
Back when you only needed an ounce of cough syrup to meet the Hatman
TallonMetroid@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 363d
Don't you worry, we'll be getting snake oil in our pharmacies again soon enough.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 17 pts · 363d
Snake oil doesn't sound as fun as morphine.
f314@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 363d
Oh, there will be plenty of opoids if Big Pharma can make a good buck off of it!
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 7 pts · 363d
There was. No "if" about it.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 363d
No "was" about it either.
Is.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 362d
Daytime cold medicine might as well be snake oil for all the good it does me.
Denjin@feddit.uk · 12 pts · 363d
Effing killjoys
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 362d
That’ll do er
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 363d