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Need me some cough syrup (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The m is an old apothecary unit for "minims" which was about 1 drop. Not very exact, the amount dosed depended on the method used to dispense each drop. Most of the content was probably water or glycol syrup, so the total alcohol content would be diluted to less than 1%.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I prefer the 20% stuff