Laudanum Extract of Opium, 10 grains, "Make 20 pills. Take one pill every three or four hours." The early 20th century brought increased regulation of all manner of narcotics, including laudanum, as the addictive properties of opium became more widely understood, and "patent medicines came under fire, largely because of their mysterious compositions". In the US, the Food and Drug Act of 1906 required that certain specified drugs, including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, morphine, and cannabis, be accurately labeled with contents and dosage. Previously many drugs had been sold as patent medicines with secret ingredients or misleading labels. Cocaine, heroin, cannabis, and
Love Is the Drug Love Is the Drug "Love Is the Drug" is a 1975 single from English rock band Roxy Music's fifth studio album "Siren". The song was the lead single taken from the album "Siren". A number two hit in the United Kingdom, it also gave the group its first substantial exposure in the United States, reaching number 30 in early 1976 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and doing even better on progressive rock radio. Its B-side in most countries was "Sultanesque", a non-LP instrumental track written by Ferry, which is now available on "The Thrill of It All" boxset. The