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Favorite Social History of Drug or Class of Drugs

The linkhorns! Thank you double ewe...

Fuck you both staff and morph ;), I wasn't talking about you or *all* southern culture but a very specific subset that I think used terms like redneck and hillbilly with pride.

Read about the linkhorns, its a fascinating social history.
 
Another is that of working class forced sobriety during political or economic turmoil (such as strikes, occupations, etc).

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, aka Wobblies), in the early 20th century in the Western US, used to call men who had become alcoholics or 'cunt-struck' (crazy about prostitutes) "dehorns"- meaning that their power to fight against the boss and politicians had been numbed, they had been 'dehorned' (like the term 'defanged').

During some extremely tense street fighting between unionists and hired bodyguards (for the mines, mills or plants), a group of men went around town and forcibly shut down all of the bars, saloons and brothels in and around town, so that every worker was present for collective action. Eventually there came to be 'Dehorn Squads' that would perform this task whenever the situations deteriorated to a certain point.

It's like the saying, "The longer the picket line, the shorter the strike"- by getting on board early and winning whatever the particular fight is, everyone got to keep their bars and brothels. It became incentive to everyone who drank or slept with prostitutes to participate in solidarity actions on behalf of their class.
 
I like the social history of morphine/heroin during the late 1800s to early 1900s up until the they became illegal and how it changed things.
 
@Tchort

That is fascinating. I had no idea the wobblies did that. I was thinking that sort of practice was more in line with the ideology of Henry Ford's Social Department but I suppose anyone that devoted to a cause (whether labor rights or acquisition of capital) will be willing to use ends-justifying-the-means tactics.
 
Im interested in the Current state of traffic routes like mexico to ATL and how the technology and distribution points have changed.

Also Intrested in South East Asia's growing methamphetamine 'epidemic.' As well as the Internet and boom of grey market psychedellics circa 1999-2010.
 
Bob Loblaw said:
Perhaps the most depressing would be present day Mexico :(.
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I think the entire crack epidemic, from its highly synthetic origins to its bloody climax is more depressing.

The routine culture of addict suicide in prisons and rehab centers is another one at the top of the most depressing list.
 
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