Drugs in Pop Culture
Rapper Future's "Mask-Off" song helped popularize references to this narcotic pain killer in 2017
Percocet
Benzodiazepine
Flumazenil
This duo were key members of the Canadian team that discovered insulin in 1921-1922
Banting & Best
This famous pharmacy symbol, a bowl with a serpent wrapped around it, represents healing and pharmacology.
Bowl of Hygieia
Opium Poppy
Morphine/codeine
He is the director of the UHT Pharmacy department, who happens to share the same name with a Canadian astronomer and physicist.
Clarence Chant
This is the medication that Michael Jackson overdosed on
Propofol
Methanol
Fomepizole
John Pemberton invented this drink in 1886 at his Atlanta pharmacy, initially as a health tonic
Coca-Cola
Pharmacy technicians officially became regulated health professionals in this year
2010
Foxglove
Digoxin
As of July 1, 2025, this gentleman became the President & CEO of Unity Health
Altaf Stationwala
This television doctor famously struggled with an addiction to Vicodin
House
Beta blockers
Glucagon
Charles Alderton was a pharmacist in Waco Texas, and invented this drink that a "Dr" would likely not recommend
Dr. Pepper
This is the oldest pharmacy in Canada, established no later than 1820, and now a National Historic Site of Canada
The Niagara Apothecary
Willow bark
ASA
It was this year that Unity Health was formed with all three sites
2017
Sizzurp, a recreation drug concoction made famous by Academy award winning group Three-6-Mafia, contains cough syrup, codeine and what other medinal ingredient
Promethazine
Valproic acid
Levocarnitine
This English author, known for her 66 detective novels, worked as a Pharmacy Technician during WWI
Agatha Christie
The oldest surviving pharmacy that has been in operation since 1317 is in this city, where scenes from Game of Thrones were also filmed
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Madagascar Periwinkle
Vincristine/Vinblastine
This religious order founded all three organizations that now make up Unity Health Toronto
The Sisters of St. Joseph
This hypertension medication was prescribed to Don Draper in Mad Men to treat as his hypertension
Reserpine
Sulfonylureas
Octreotide
Naoko Takeuchi, a liscensed pharmacist and manga artist is best known as the creator of this Japanese manga series in the '90's
Sailor Moon
It was this year in which the The Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) was established
1871
Pacific Yew
Paclitaxel
This Unity Health site was the first to be founded in 1857
Providence