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I found a "Backwoods Surgery and Medicine" book from 1910 at my grandparent's house. Half of the pain-related guidance involved cocaine in some form.

• mmastrac 4y ago
  If people didn't enjoy it so much, it would probably be an impressively flexible medication.
  • throwaway0a5e 4y ago
    If we ever legalized it it would probably replace or augment caffeine in just about everything overnight.
    • epicureanideal 4y ago
      But aren’t there probably long term harmful consequences of cocaine even in small doses?
      • bnjms 4y ago
        Pure cocaine? Maybe? But many people do smaller amounts for years and we don’t know about it. What I‘ve always wondered what drugs is it that burn people out in that recognizable way. And what ones are fairly recoverable.
      • cultofmetatron 4y ago
        indiginous people have been consuming coca leaves with no bad effects for thousands of years. the dose makes the poison. by comparison, if you snorted pure caffine powder. you'd literally die