Saturday, June 13, 2009

Weed, Booze, Cocaine and Other Old School "Medicine" Ads

From Pill Talk we have some great ads that were run in the past...

Lloyd Cocaine Toothache Drops
In the US, cocaine was sold over the counter until 1914 and was commonly found in products like toothache drops, dandruff remedies and medicinal tonics.

Granted, hindsight is 20/20, but some awfully strange substances have been used for pharmaceutical purposes in the past -- and some might argue, continue to be used today. Here are some more vintage advertisements touting items that we might balk at taking today.

images via Pill Talk

 

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