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Heroin is a brand name and the drug was originally marketed by Bayer as a non-addictive cough medicine.
Heroin was synthesized in 1897 at Bayer pharmaceutical by German chemists looking for a less potent form of morphine. Bayer marketed heroin as a "non-addictive morphine substitute" for cough suppressants.
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Heroin derives its name from "heroic", as it was originally marketed as a non-addictive wonder cure to morphine addiction
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Coca-Cola was originally invented and marketed as a cure for morphine addiction
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When John Pemberton first brought Coca Cola on the market -on May 29th in 1886- it was a lucky result of his search for a morphine-free painkiller. He sold the Coca Cola rights soon after, to pay for his expensive morphine addiction.
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Heroin was first marketed by the Bayer (aspirin) company in 1895 as a non-addictive morphine substitute - even though it turned out to be highly addictive - and named as such because of its perceived "heroic" effects upon the user.
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Bayer, the company that invented aspirin, trademarked "heroin" and marketed it as a cough suppressant and non-addictive substitute for morphine from 1898 to 1910
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From 1898 to 1910 Bayer pharmaceuticals marketed heroine as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough medicine for children.
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That, in 1898, heroin was marketed by Bayer as a non-addictive painkiller, as a child's cough medication, and as a cure for morphine addiction.
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That, from 1898 to 1910, heroin was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough medicine for children.
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Heroin was originally sold OTC and marketed as a non-addictive substitute for morphine and as a cough suppressant
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Bayer marketed Heroin as an non-addictive morphine alternative, only to have heroin as one of the most addictive drugs in the world
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Bayer trademarked "heroin" and marketed it as a cough suppressant and non addictive substitute for morphine from 1898-1910. - source
Coca-Cola Was Once Marketed As A Nerve Tonic That Could Cure Morphine Addiction And Male Impotence - source
