The movie is about a playboy who gets 'a taste of his own medicine' when the girl he falls in love with jilts him for another guy.
If he loses the case, he should just 'take his medicine' and stop complaining.
Their research has led to many important advances in modern 'medicine'.
(..) They used acetone and other similar drugs. Do you understand? - So what? - So what? On the basis of these medicines in a well thought but also a very simple way you can convert morphine into heroin. Do you understand what I'm saying? That's right. Damn! (..)1981 To Kill a Cop