Desert island discs

[Donovan]

Couple points in favor of two items being roundly mocked: first, heroin as a medicinal aid, pain reliever, appetite suppressant etc would be a damn fine thing to have on a deserted island. Historically speaking it's been used for centuries. It's one of the big problems I had with LOST as a TV show was that they had all that perfectly good heroin and they were rifling through dead people's bags for tylenol. Srsly?
Secondly, fireworks may seem like a big joke until you consider they're packed with all manner of lovely incendiary and propulsive powders that can be re purposed for torches, fires, emergency beacons, and even projectiles. Next to heroin not a bad thing at all to have along. Take it from an actual practicing homeless guy: one likes a useful multipurpose item when things get squirrely.