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> These vintage ads for cocaine and cocaine paraphernalia show how crazy and disturbing the 1970s were. Things are more disturbing nowadays because people go t
by ulzeraj 5y ago
> These vintage ads for cocaine and cocaine paraphernalia show how crazy and disturbing the 1970s were.
Things are more disturbing nowadays because people go through violent routes to get their drugs. Its still there and its worse but at least the sensible eyes of the millennial browsing the internet from his brand new M1 is protected. Hooray for the war on drugs.
- j-pb 5y agoThe current iteration of the war on drugs is a "Greatest Generation" (Nixon et al.) invention and every generation since has suffered for it, but it goes back way further to prohibition times.
- PragmaticPulp 5y ago> Things are more disturbing nowadays because people go through violent routes to get their drugs. What? People seem to buy drugs online with cryptocurrency and receive it in the mail, an option which obviously didn’t exist in the 70s. I have some friends involved in the treatment/recovery space. It’s actually very challenging because the old technique of cutting ties with the user/dealer social circles is much less effective when reordering drugs online for delivery is just a few clicks away.
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- standardUser 5y ago"Things are more disturbing nowadays because people go through violent routes to get their drugs. " As an avid drug user and part of a sprawling social group of avid drug users, we have no f*cking idea what you are talking about.