Do go check out our Podcast the BrainFood Show here https://www.brainfood.fm/ In the video today, we're looking at what function natural aspirin serves in plants that make it, as well as the rather interesting origin story of heroin. If you'd like the text version and references, you can find those here: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/10/salicylic-acid-aspirin/ and http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/02/the-pharmaceutical-company-bayer-coined-the-name-heroin-and-marketed-the-drug-as-a-non-addictive-cough-medicine/