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[–] frezik@midwest.social 34 points 1 month ago (9 children)

And nicotine. If you didn't smoke yourself, you still got it secondhand. Most of the post-WWII era in America had everyone at least mildly on a psychoactive substance 24/7.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 17 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Oh, so that's why people seem to remember the 50s fondly...

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yup. Tobacco, alcohol, and meth advertised directly to housewives. Yanno, good ol' wholesome Americana.

[–] Anivia 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How hard is it to read the article you posted? They didn't sell methamphetamine to housewives, it was amphetamine. That is a VERY big difference

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

As a woman with crippling ADHD, I can't imagine the horror of trying the new wonder drug, discovering it helped me keep the house and avoid being beaten, and then eventually having to go back to doing without...

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Yea, the ones selling methamphetamine to housewives were the Nazis in the '40s.

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