[Dixielandjazz] Bennies

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Yep ed. you are correct, however the 1930s was alas! before my time, I 
was born in 1944 which make me older than I ever wanted to be :))   but 
still pre Viagra  generation so all is not lost . :))

And yes the Crash from Bennies was terrible ( so I have heard)  I ain't 
admittin to nothin'  In the wise words of Ronald Reagan, and soon to be 
Geo. W. Bush no doubt.
"I just don't recall."

Cheers,

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: EDWIN COLTRIN <boreda at sbcglobal.net>
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 22:11:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Bennies

   Tom ;

You forgot to mention that the price of a "Joint" in the 1930's was 
about  $
1.00,  and the GIs in the service got "Elixir of Turpin Hydrate w/ 
codiene" or
ASA #3. which had codiene for coughs and fever or pain. The four ounce 
bottle
was rapidly consumed. And the request for more was not unusual.Other 
liquid
diets included Lydia Pinkhams Liquid, ~18 % alcohol. In the 50's there 
was a OTC
product that addicted many people to the HIGH alchol content. To my 
knowledge it
is no longer available , name escapes.

The alternative to heavy coffee drinking by college students preparing 
for exams
was Benzedrine (Bennies), which left them as Zombies during or after 
the exams.
As I understand the CRASH was terrible.

No adulterated beveries for me

Slainte

Ye Olde Mouldy Fygge

Ed Coltrin    (lurker in diguise)
WA6FWU

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