Women of a Certain Era

Published February 17, 2014

Women of a Certain Era
Filed under: cocaine use 1920s
“I find life quite impossible,” wrote Nancy Cunard, the English heiress famous in the 1920s for her fashionable excess, “as I cannot enjoy a thing without carrying it to all the extremes and then nearly dying of the reaction.” She wasn't the only one … Read more on New York Times

Matthew T. Mangino: The lead factor: Automobile emissions and crime
Filed under: cocaine use 1920s
Tetraethyl was introduced by General Motors in the 1920s to prevent pinging in automobile engines. There are a host of theories attempting to … As young men saw how their families and communities were ravaged by crack, the drug fell out of vogue and … Read more on Shawnee News Star