Who Was Mickey Finn, and Why Did He Become Famous

question 39

Multiple Choice

Who was Mickey Finn, and why did he become famous in the early 1900s?

• A) He was a physician who first used chloral hydrate during dental surgery.
• B) He was a bartender who was prosecuted for adding chloral hydrate to customers' drinks to incapacitate and then rob them.
• C) The first pharmacist from Germany who introduced methaqualone as an over-the-counter (nonprescription) drug in the 1960s.
• D) First Canadian charge under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), for illegally making synthetic methaqualone.

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