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If caffeine were invented in the 60s or 70s, it almost certainly would have been banned along with amphetamines and everything else. Same with alcohol and nicot
by empath75 8y ago
If caffeine were invented in the 60s or 70s, it almost certainly would have been banned along with amphetamines and everything else. Same with alcohol and nicotine.
- brubrant 8y agoInvented?
- wahern 8y agoAmphetamines predate the 1960s: See https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/fast-times-the-life-death-and-rebirth-of-amphetamine https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/fast-t... and https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/buyers/socialhistory.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/buyers/... One takeaway from the article, IMO, is that American hypocrisy and flip-flopping wrt drug use has a long history. Something that is acceptable today becomes unacceptable tomorrow and then later acceptable again.