LOCKMART@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agoWell, that changed quickly...sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1618arrow-down14
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minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoIt did initially, but keeping people awake for days turned out to be counterproductive as a standard procedure, so they dialed it back a lot.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 days agoIt was also the beginning of the “better living through chemicals” era. Which I kinda think was a backlash to the prohibition of the 30s, just delayed by WW2 a bit. Also drug company capitalism though. Edited for grammar.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYeah, it was at least a resurgence of it after the revolt during the prohibition era. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars
It did initially, but keeping people awake for days turned out to be counterproductive as a standard procedure, so they dialed it back a lot.
It was also the beginning of the “better living through chemicals” era. Which I kinda think was a backlash to the prohibition of the 30s, just delayed by WW2 a bit.
Also drug company capitalism though.
Edited for grammar.
Yeah, it was at least a resurgence of it after the revolt during the prohibition era.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars