Did the early Bolsheviks do cocaine?

Question

Not a joke question. It was around and I seem to remember some evidence they did, so if you have sources, much appreciated, comrade (just kidding, would-be nutso)

Answer 1

Yes - - - but to truly understand the issue you have to refer to young Pee Wee Herman as a desk clerk in an early Cheech & Chong Comedy (probably five centuries before your were born) - - - when rowdies threaten the hotel and Pee Wee Herman is unable to get the cops to hurry he whsipers into the phone, "I think they are Iranians."

That gets the Cops attentions.....

Shouting 'Bolshevik' in America and Britain during the 1920 s was the equivalent of shouting Commie during the 50s and 60s 70s and these days shouting Liberal.

People get angry. Therefore as America outlawed Booze in 1919, America started cracking down on Cocaine and in time Marijuana. When Law enforcement types had a hard time convincing a Judge that they had a right to 'question' a suspect and hold him/her in jail and they were failing to convince the Judge they would give a nudge nudge wink wink and say, "I think he / she is a Bolshevik."
Bamm the gavel crashed down and the next sound heard was the clank of a metal door on a cell. Many horro stories were told about Cocaine Crzed Bolsheviks plotting to bring down America. It serve to demonize Bolshevism & Drugs and along the way swipes were made against interacial sex & other sexual practices condemed..

(Late when comedian Charles Chaplin was condemed as a Commie it was rumoured her snorted coke and in fact he used coke as a comic device in a 1920s movie, and it was a matter of courtr record that Chaplin was a cunnilinguist)...

And yes it is possible that drug sales were one way to finance the Revolution. That was the view in Britain and France during the 1920s and stories about of Bolsheviks dealing in Cocaine in Paris and London - - - in London they were particularly nasty about 'pasty pansy Nancy boys' and their 'powder,' many of them radical student types. you know, Bolsheviks, Commies, Liberals....


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Answer 2

In the early part of the 20th century cocaine was looked on as a legitimate drug a harmless stimulant, it was even in Coca Cola. It wouldn't surprise me.

Answer 3

Unlikely although it was available in England in those days from pharmacies if you had a toothache.