design-is-fine: Ad for Cube Morphine, published in American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record, 1900
design-is-fine: Ad for Cube Morphine, published in American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record, 1900. By 1900, use of narcotics was at its peak for both medical and non-medical purposes. Advertisements promoting opium- and cocaine-laden drugs saturated the newspapers; morphine seemed more easily obtainable than alcohol. New York Academy of Medicine -- source link