Originally posted by Turnbull:
Before 1906, most of what we think of today as "controlled substances" weren't illegal in the US because the government didn't have the means to identify and regulate ("control") them. You could buy heroin, cocaine, etc., in over-the-counter "patent" medicines. The Pure Food and Drug Act, passed in 1906 (after publication of Upton Sinclair's novel, "The Jungle") created a framework for testing, identifying and regulating narcotics.
There was a litle bit Cocain in Coca Cola. Am I right?
