I've often wondered about this as well. Stevie has discussed the naïveté of people in the 1970's but it must have occurred to them that they were using a substance that was
illegal and could be detrimental. She once said, I believe, in an interview that she was specifically warned about heroin but
no one ever told her that cocaine was bad, which is hard to believe.
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Originally Posted by David
As late as 1980, influential scientific writings reflected the prevailing non-critical assessment of the dangers of cocaine: The 1980 edition of the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry asserted that cocaine posed no serious problem, if use was limited to two or three times a week.
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/9712/appc.htm |
Incredible! Thanks for sharing, David.