No indeed. Not just.

On the other hand, the man thought cocaine was a cure for morphine addiction. But then it was a pharmacologically credulous era. People at around the same time thought that heroin wasn't addictive (in fact, it was specifically invented as a non-addictive replacement for codeine!) and that radium was good for you. It was not a safe time to be seeing a doctor. :)

--G.
OK, and technically crack wouldn't be invented for another 50 years or so, but...
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