4 Products From Back In The Day That Did More Harm Than Good

Back in the early 1900s, Bayer marketed heroin as a painkiller, cough suppressant, and even baby nap forcer!

Turnof the century doctors quickly became aware of the insane addiction tothe drug in their patients.  It didn't take long for heroin tobecome illegal.

3.)  Ya Know What Would Go Great With This Liquor?  Cocaine! (1860s-Early 1900s)

Everyone loved it.  Everyone.  And that included Pope Leo XIII.  He awarded cocawine's biggest producer, Vin Mariani, a gold medal. 

2.)  Tapeworm Pills (1900s-Still Available Today, Maybe)

Help people lose weight...because tapeworms are parasites.  They burrow their heads into your intestines and mooch off your nutrients

1.)  Grooming With Radon (1940s)

  Soon, radon and thorium were put into products like toothpaste and skin cream.  Why wouldn't you want radiation inside your body?

When using toothpaste, most users felt their gums and lips tingle,suggesting that the radon was "doing its job" and "not murdering you