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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug
I agree...he was high on Bennies, a form of amphetamine. Often it was combined with alcohol.
Benzedrine was a common Pick-Me-Up drug in those days...often used by the Beat authors such as Jack Kerouac. With those pills he could type for 24 hours on his old typewriter and produced such books as "On The Road" and others. I read that book and you can tell he's stoned.
https://youtu.be/XOfCoqoYpBU
>>>>> The Benzedrine Blues......1948 |
And World War II pretty much ran on the stuff:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/amph...se-world-war-2
Cheers,
Earl