Party Like It's New Year Eve's in the 1970s! COCAINE MEGA POST!

[misstia]

(Vintage Ads does not advocate the usage of illegal drugs.) Now, since I've put that little disclaimer there, let's have a mega post of cocaine based ads!! Have I ever relayed how when I was a wee imp in the 70s I knew you needed a little spoon to be 'cool', as I was a voracious reader and read all the gossip mags, books, etc. I had no idea WHY you needed a little spoon; but I knew you NEEDED one. One Aunt of mine actually finally gave me one! "Here's your little spoon!" I still have it around here somewhere. I had no idea what it was for until years later!











Um, not for human consumption, what?! o_O



Hey, it's from a monk, it's gotta be okay, right?

Comments

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

4 to 6 weeks to wait for my nose doucher! No way!

[watteaux.livejournal.com]

These are great. Thank you :)

[(Anonymous)]

In 1980, I was a freshman in college, and my 1st-year humanities prof wore a tiny spoon around her neck. We all whispered, "Do you think she knows what it's for?"

In the late 70s, whenever we went to McDonald's, I'd always take extra coffee stirrers—even though I didn't drink coffee—because they were shaped like little long-handled spoons. Naturally, someone eventually complained that they looked too much like coke spoons, and that people were probably using them for that, so McDonald's pulled them and introduced the flat-paddle stirrer they use to this day, presumably avoiding the negative connotations.



So I still have several of these tiny plastic spoons stashed away—although not the ones pictured here.

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

In 1980, I was a freshman in college, and my 1st-year humanities prof wore a tiny spoon around her neck. We all whispered, "Do you think she knows what it's for?"

In the late 70s, whenever we went to McDonald's, I'd always take extra coffee stirrers—even though I didn't drink coffee—because they were shaped like little long-handled spoons. Naturally, someone eventually complained that they looked too much like coke spoons, and that people were probably using them for that, so McDonald's pulled them and introduced the flat-paddle stirrer they use to this day, presumably avoiding the negative connotations.

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

my father has never ever done drugs. no way, no how. he's enough of an asshole that i believe him, too, especially since he testified in the case that tightened up all the drug laws the military brought up in the mid to late 70's.

all that said...he cut the tip of his little finger off when he was a kid, and due to the damage done by the knife, his fingernail grew back really thick. and it's long-ish. and yeah, people have jumped to the conclusion that he did blow on more than one occasion.

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

These ads are wild!!

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

Really Interesting.

[mejeep.livejournal.com]

Today's "smoke shops" are NOTHING compared to the fun of 70s Head Shops. That's where I got all my fuzzy velvet blacklight posters!

And none of this "it's all for TOBACCO ONLY"
*nudge nudge wink wink*

Pot pipes were CLEVER and inventive!
I have nice belt buckles with concealed pipes (never used) because they were SO NICE. One is a steam locomotive (the pipe is the smoke stack), the other is the Mad Tea Party from Alice in Wonderland (the mad hatter's raised teacup is the pipe bowl).
I don't see ANY fun stuff in today's smoke shops :-(

[bradygirl_12]

Nobody bothered to hide anything in the '70s. :)