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In 1898, a pharmaceutical company introduced a new medicine that was promoted as a safer alternative to existing treatments. Marketed as a remedy for coughs and respiratory illnesses, it was welcomed as a modern medical breakthrough. Over the following decades, however, the drug's powerful effects became increasingly…
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