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How A Milder Opiate Was Born And Handed Out Freely
Every Drug Has A Beginning
Some Start In A Laboratory
Codeine Started In A Hunt For Something Gentler
A Milder Opiate That Doctors Could Trust
Something Safe Enough To Pour Into A Cough Syrup
That Was The Promise
This Is Where It Came From
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THE HUNT FOR A GENTLER MORPHINE ⚗️
Morphine Came First
Friedrich Sertürner Isolated It From Opium In The Early 1800s
Morphine Was Powerful Though It Was Also Brutal
Chemists Wanted Something Easier To Control
In 1832 The French Chemist Pierre Jean Robiquet Pulled A New Alkaloid From Opium
He Called It Codeine
The Name Came From The Greek Word Kodeia Meaning Poppy Head
Codeine Was Only A Small Part Of Opium Around Two Percent
That Small Part Behaved Differently
It Was Gentler Than Morphine And Easier To Dose
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THE RESPECTABLE OPIATE OF ITS DAY 🍯
Codeine Did Two Things Well
It Calmed Pain And It Quieted A Cough
That Second One Mattered More Than You Might Think
In That Era A Violent Cough Could Signal Something Deadly
Tuberculosis Was Everywhere
Codeine Calmed The Cough Reflex
Doctors Loved It
It Worked Without The Heavy Knockdown Of Morphine
That Made It The Respectable Opiate
The One You Could Offer A Coughing Patient Without Second Thought
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For Decades Codeine Was Everywhere
It Sat In Cough Syrups On Open Shelves
You Found It In Patent Medicines Sold Without A Prescription
Opiate Laced Soothing Syrups Were Even Marketed For Crying Children
No Warning Labels No Age Limits No Real Paper Trail
Codeine Was Treated Like Any Ordinary Remedy
Then The Dangers Became Hard To Ignore
In 1914 The United States Passed The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
It Required Sellers To Register And Started Tracking Opiates
Small Amounts Of Codeine Were Still Exempted At First
The Free Ride Was Ending
