Starting in the late 1800s, heroin was mass-produced by German pharmaceutical company Bayer, and marketed as a wonder drug. The drug’s branding would soon be exposed as a tissue of lies, and countries began to criminalise it. By the time regulations were enforced, however, heroin had already penetrated Western societies, leaving an evil that still escapes eradication.
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Heroin: The ‘Wonder Drug’ That Wasn’t So Wonderful
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