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METH WAS INVENTED IN A LAB AND HANDED OUT BY ARMIES
Every Drug Has A First Day
Meth Did Not Start On A Street Corner
It Started On A Clean Laboratory Bench
The Last Part Showed What It Does To The Brain
This Part Shows Where It Actually Came From
Medicine Came First Then The Military
It Is Older And More Official Than Most People Think
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OKAY BACK FROM THE OLD LAB BENCH 🧪
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BUILT FROM A COLD REMEDY 🌿
The Story Begins With A Plant Called Ephedra
Its Active Chemical Ephedrine Eased Breathing For Centuries
In 1893 A Japanese Chemist Reshaped It
His Name Was Nagai Nagayoshi
He Turned Ephedrine Into Methamphetamine
At First It Was Just A Curiosity In A Notebook
In 1919 Another Chemist Went Further
Akira Ogata Turned It Into A Solid Crystal
He Used Ephedrine Red Phosphorus And Iodine
That Crystal Form Is What Still Exists Today
The Recipe Was Never Truly Secret
That Fact Would Matter For The Next Hundred Years
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THE PILLS THAT WENT TO WAR ⚔️
The West Met Amphetamine Through A Nasal Inhaler
In 1932 Smith Kline And French Sold Benzedrine
It Was Marketed For Stuffy Noses And Asthma
People Quickly Noticed The Energy It Gave
Then The Armies Noticed Too
Germany Produced A Meth Pill Called Pervitin
The Temmler Company Made It By The Millions
Soldiers Swallowed It To Push For Days Without Sleep
It Helped Sustain The Early Blitzkrieg Advance
The Allies Issued Benzedrine Of Their Own
Pilots And Troops Used It To Stay Sharp
For A Stretch Of Years Both Sides Fought On Stimulants
None Of It Was Illegal Or Hidden
It Was Handed Out In Ration Kits
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WHAT HAPPENED IN JAPAN 🌏
When The War Ended The Factories Did Not Stop
Japan Held Huge Military Stockpiles Of Meth
The Surplus Was Sold Openly To The Public
It Went By The Brand Name Philopon
People Called The Habit Hiropon
Workers Used It To Rebuild A Devastated Country
Then Ordinary Users Could Not Stop
By The Early Fifties Millions Were Using
Public Health Services Could Not Keep Up
Japan Passed Harsh Laws To Restrict It
This Was The First True Meth Epidemic
The World Had Already Seen What The Drug Could Do
Other Countries Did Not Learn From It
