Hadacol was a patent medicine marketed as a vitamin supplement. Its principal attraction, however, was that it contained 12 percent alcohol (listed on the tonic bottle's label as a "preservative"), which made it quite popular in the dry counties of the southern United States. It was the product of four-term Louisiana state Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc (1894-1971), a Democrat from Abbeville in Vermilion Parish. He was not a medical doctor, nor a registered pharmacist, but had a strong talent for self-promotion. Time Magazine once described him as "...a stem-winding salesman who knows every razzle-dazzle switch in the pitchman's trade". [LINK: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,888933,00.html?promoid=googlep] [1] Origins LeBlanc conceived the idea that became "Hadacol" in New Orleans, when he injured a foot. He asked a doctor to give him medication for pain: then he found that what the doctor gave him was a B-vitami

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