Was Cocaine Utilized Before for Medicinal Purposes?
Question by cielo w: Was cocaine utilized before for medicinal purposes?
I do know that heroin was once thought of to be the treatment for morphine addiction. This just makes me wonder whether cocaine may have started out in the same way.
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Answer by destiney t
Heroin and cocaine did start out in a similar way. Cocaine, however, was used as an anesthetic and due to its mentally stimulating effects, it was also used as treatment for depression. Cocaine comes from the leaves of the erythroxylon coca bush and in the early 1900s, it was deemed as a main stimulant drug that got used in a lot of elixirs and tonics that were utilized for the treatment of different illnesses.
Answer by Tasha
Probibly. LSD was invented for treating alcoholism.
yes and it is still used today in rare instances in the Emergency Room.
That’s how Coca Cola marketed it in the early days, a cure for headaches since it had Cocaine in it