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Freud once prescribed cocaine for stomach aches

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Before he became the controversial father of psychoanalysis, he was basically a highly enthusiastic cartel distributor. Freud believed this heavy stimulant was a miracle powder capable of curing everything from indigestion to morphine addiction, heavily dosing himself and his friends.

Freud once prescribed cocaine for stomach aches
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