> Nowadays you'd have to be declared dead from the neck up to consider "Heroin Cough Syrup for Kids" a good idea, but a mere century ago, that was the shit 9 out of 10 doctors were recommending.

I got prescribed "Hydrocodone cough syrup" for cystic fibrosis cough from age 13 until I wised up and stopped talking to doctors about it. This was ~30 years ago; I have little doubt they'd do the same today.

For clarity, my choice is cough stuff up or drown on it. Doctors seem to prefer "drown quietly".