The History of Quiet Pills

Before 1906 you could put whatever you wanted in a bottle and sell it to whomever was dumb enough or desperate enough to buy it pat medicines didn't just not work they often contain dangerous substances alcohol opium other narcotic stuff that's addictive. Ben: I'm sure there were ways to test for the presence of certain substances but like probably difficult at this point in science  to be able to parse out exactly what was in something.