Tobacco. Heroin. Opiates. We didn’t know. Initially, we didn’t know that those substances would turn into addictions. The beauty turned into a beast. In the beginning, physicians touted the benefits of tobacco: it relaxed you. Heroin was considered a non-addictive cure for morphine addiction, as well as a treatment for pneumonia, tuberculosis and coughs. (British
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