which recreational drugs were popular in the 1950s?

Published February 15, 2014

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im writing an essay about drug use throughout the 20th century but im stuck on the 50s. help!

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Answer by JerryJ
Drugs weren’t really an issue during the 1950s other than tobacco and alcohol.

Answer by Bob Johnson
Heroin, marijuana, cocaine. Here’s a collection of drug-related newspaper reports from the 1950s:

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/1950.htm

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