Merge pull request #5979 from Citadel-Station-13/upstream-merge-36410

[MIRROR] Fixes dupe and runtime issues with Rod of Asclepius

code/modules/mob/inventory.dm

@@ -170,8 +170,12 @@
 		return FALSE
 	return !held_items[hand_index]
 
-/mob/proc/put_in_hand(obj/item/I, hand_index)
-	if(can_put_in_hand(I, hand_index))
+/mob/proc/put_in_hand(obj/item/I, hand_index, forced = FALSE)
+	if(forced || can_put_in_hand(I, hand_index))
+		if(hand_index == null)
+			return FALSE
+		if(get_item_for_held_index(hand_index) != null)
+			dropItemToGround(get_item_for_held_index(hand_index), force = TRUE)
 		I.forceMove(src)
 		held_items[hand_index] = I
 		I.layer = ABOVE_HUD_LAYER
@@ -185,7 +189,6 @@
 		return hand_index || TRUE
 	return FALSE
 
-
 //Puts the item into the first available left hand if possible and calls all necessary triggers/updates. returns 1 on success.
 /mob/proc/put_in_l_hand(obj/item/I)
 	return put_in_hand(I, get_empty_held_index_for_side("l"))