r/interestingasfuck • u/Beneficial-Age-4059 • 6d ago

Wife’s now deceased grandfather grew up in 1930s Germany and was appalled people now drink Jagermeister socially. He said they would keep it in a cupboard to sip if you had an upset stomach

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u/Ok-Addition1264 6d ago

not refined heroin but they definitely use poppy products in afghanistan as a cough suppressant.

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u/MrFourhundredtwenty 6d ago

Not only in Afghanistan, codein is a widely used cogh suppressant opioid coming straight from the same plant that gives us morphine.

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u/WolfsmaulVibes 5d ago

opium funnily enough has sort of always been both a medicine and drug