Pharmaceutical Drugs Are the Same as Street Drugs
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November 2nd, 2011
Street drugs have roots in the pharmacy. Some drugs like heroin and cocaine which today carry a strong stigma were once mass prescribed. Meth is still manufactured by pharmaceutical companies. Xanex, Oxy-Contin and Methadone are prescription drugs sold in the streets.
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Street drugs have always been made in the pharmaceutical lab first. Heroin and aspirin were invented by the same guy. A few days after aspirin went on the market he trademarked heroin as a cure for morphine addiction and as a cough syrup for children. Parker Davis a subsidiary of drug giant Pfizer was the first to sell cocaine. They even sold a cocaine injection kit. LSD was born as a psychiatric drug. MDMA was first sold by Merek, the drug company which first marketed morphine. Meth is a notorious street drug. It originated in drug companies and is still issued to children in the form of Ritalin. Meth was given to soldiers during WWII. Hitler as well as many soldiers were addicted by the end of the war. Today street meth is made from over-the-counter cold medicines.
Source:
http://www.naturalnews.com/021768_street_drugs_illegal.html
http://www.disinfo.com/2011/11/painkiller-overdose-epidemic-hits-united-states/
http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2011/09/chronic-pain-drug-war.html