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A sign from Bayer Pharmaceutical advertising aspirin & heroin, the sedative for coughs.
Drug store sign for heroin and aspirin from Bayer before heroin was banned in 1924.

Bayer markets heroin as a cough suppressant.

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Drug store sign for heroin and aspirin from Bayer before heroin was banned in 1924.

They also market heroin for other forms of pain relief. By this point, Bayer is the world leader in heroin production.

The name "heroin" comes from the German word for "hero."