Norman Ohler
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And if you don't take it, you get withdrawal symptoms and you feel like shit and you have to.
So that's the problem with opioids, with morphine.
That's what happens.
And that's what happened to Hitler.
Because they really make you physically dependent.
I don't even know if cocaine makes you physically dependent.
It makes you psychologically addicted.
But they actually, you have to get it, otherwise you feel bad.
That's a physical, terrible addiction.
That's the problem also with methamphetamine.
People who use a lot of methamphetamine on days they don't use it, they don't feel great at all, especially not compared to the methamphetamine days.
So that became a problem in Germany when people were really using more and more of the Pervitin.
Well, Morel was, he had his practice on KurfΓΌrstendamm, which is like the main boulevard of Berlin in the west of Berlin, kind of a fancy street.
And he was a celebrity doctor.
which was a new type of doctor in a way, Dr. Feelgood.
He kind of was one of the first Dr. Feelgood.
So you didn't go to him when you had a disease.
You went to him when you were, let's say you were like an opera star in the Berlin opera and you had a big premiere.
So you would go to Morel in the afternoon and he would give you a nice shot and then you would be really good on stage.
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