ONCE POPULAR, NOW BANNED
'; Valerian, once a popular medicine that won the public confidence chiefly because of its bad taste and strong odour, may now bo sold in New York only under restrictions as rigid and strict as those applying to the narcotic drugs. ~.'..''. This is not because valerian is % a dangerous medicine but because the offensive odour of the drug has made it a public nuisance. Valerian, once the chief constituent of "female tonics" and remedies for nervous and hysterical disorders, has come to be the chief constituent of "stink bombs" which racketeers use to drive customers' out of stores in attempts to levy tribute or to coerce tho store proprietors.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 6, 8 January 1934, Page 3
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112ONCE POPULAR, NOW BANNED Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 6, 8 January 1934, Page 3
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