"Weed, Booze, Cocain & Other Old School 'Medicine' Ads"


	"Weed, Booze, Cocain & Other Old School 'Medicine' Ads"
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3d8d8f09-4e05-4e7d-9e8d-8c61b1d999e7/AA9E04D0-0295-4B52-890F-2200F3228DCC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads" href="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pharmacytechs.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><H2>Weed, Booze, Cocaine and Other Old School "Medicine" Ads</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><STRONG>Cocaine:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/D4C34435-2A93-41F8-8EA5-EA287F70FB8B" alt="Lloyd Cocaine Toothache Drops" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><DIV>In the US, cocaine was sold over the counter until 1914 and was commonly found in products like toothache drops, dandruff remedies and medicinal tonics.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><STRONG>Heroin:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/3043B7B0-99A7-44DD-B95D-62554B61CA9D" alt="Bayer Heroin" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><DIV>From 1898 through to 1910, heroin was marketed as a cough suppressant by trusted companies like Bayer -- alongside the company's other new product, Aspirin.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/2562A375-CACF-4C7E-B5D8-3C12F9ABFD42" alt="Smith Glyco-Heroin" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><STRONG>Opium:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/E9FD3523-7515-46FB-B706-58D5886FB2CF" alt="Pantopon Roche Injectable Opium" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><STRONG>Morphine:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/5BFADBE4-6223-491F-8979-870858C6975A" alt="Ayer's Cherry Pectoral" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><DIV>Depending on which list of contents you reference, this cure for colds, coughs and "all diseases of the throat and lungs" contained either morphine or heroin.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/57F56CB7-EAF2-4EAB-A284-9338455D9729" alt="Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/46336FC4-9342-4A98-8B43-F8A4FFC44058" alt="Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><STRONG>Quaaludes:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/A2B66CD9-5A09-491C-82AE-8C28978A908E" alt="Quaalude-300" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><STRONG>Cigarettes:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/20B0A675-21B8-446F-94BB-242A8D5FA76E" alt="Dr. Batty's Asthma Cigarettes" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><STRONG>Alcohol:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/1E540E96-2731-4109-A468-4748B8797BFB" alt="Anheuser-Bush's Malt-Nutrine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/EC1B7C75-DE49-44D3-ABE8-DA928090A67D" alt="Pabst Extract" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><H2>Chloroform:</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/118A42AF-C6B7-4DE0-92F5-A22FFC4139D8" alt="Kimball White Pine and Tar Cough Syrup" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><STRONG>Marijuana:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/A045B3F6-09F1-43C5-A5EE-C9A0782FC3BD" alt="Cosadein" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><STRONG>Soda:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/6AE9FE10-5738-44EC-9FC3-D5F5B6856581" alt="Coca-Cola" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><DIV>Coca-Cola was invented in the late 1800s as a "coca wine" (see above) mix of wine and cocaine, but the alcohol and cocaine were later replaced with syrup and coca leaves, respectively. Nevertheless, typical coca wine claims of increased vitality remained for many years.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/40D05ED5-07CA-4790-A13C-DC5DBA8C2FDB" alt="Coca-Cola" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><STRONG>Amphetamines:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/C17C6A00-1354-4D4C-8BF8-4AA70615D798" alt="Biphetamine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><STRONG>Barbiturates:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/69CE97F5-9FD5-46C2-B22D-614CFCC5222E" alt="McNeil Butisol Sodium" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/6AB4467C-9036-4D61-9993-7E4B85B71840" alt="Nembutal Suppositories" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pharmacytechs.net/img/34D9B93D-2D3F-4824-BB0D-9B35F42C099B" alt="Lakeside Pentobarbital and Phenobarbital" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AA9E04D0-0295-4B52-890F-2200F3228DCC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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