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George Washington's Continental Army had a vaccine mandate.
Heroin was first synthesized in 1874. It's older than 13 US states. Sitting Bull and heroin existed at the same time. In 1898 it was sold by Bayer as a recreational drug under the brand name Heroin. Frederick Nietzsche was around for the heroin trade.
I've seen Bayer heroin tins in a few museums and was glad I lived in an era where you had to go to the work of calling your friend's brother Todd to take you to Corey's house to get high, which was way more trouble than it was worth.