did they really think cocaine was harmless??

[desertangel]

I don't think harmless was the term they used, it's more like that it was not addictive. You could use it, or not and not have any withdrawls if you stopped using it. The big thing back then was heroin... they used to say if you used it once, you'll be hooked for life and end up on skid row. Kind of like modern day meth, except not everyone used heroin like half the country uses meth these days. Anyway, so cocaine was deemed non-addictive and lots of people used it with wreckless abandon, including me. -yea, those were the days.