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    Mary Poppins was set in about 1910. You likely could get opium based cough syrup as there was little restriction/rules yet. She was giving them opium.

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        Such a fucked up thing – the kids weren’t even sick. The ‘medicine’ was just to make them sleep.

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        A spoonful of sugar helps the opium go down,
        The opium go down,
        The opium go down.
        Just a spoonful of sugar helps the opium go down.
        In the most delightful way.