How long would it take you to overdose if you were given a kilo of heroin?

@helenS Yes, but that was over 100years ago....nobody's giving away a kilo of heroin now.

@DragonFruit Yes, but isn't it surprising that the substance (heroin) was used as an ordinary drug (in the pharmaceutical sense)?

@helenS I'm old enough that it doesn't seem all that strange that it was introduced as a "milder" version of opium thought to be less addictive and help to get opium/morphine addicts off their addictions to those drugs
Testing wasn't adequate enough to reveal that this "wonder drug" was just as addictive and not a solution to the problem.
The FDA has taken a lot of criticism in recent years for not approving promising appearing drugs fast enough, but it is somewhat important to test sufficiently to avoid these types of situations.

@BackyardShaman There's suddenly a lot more room on that stage, in the bathroom, etc.