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What kind of pills they were taking?


The blues, what's in them?

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amphetamine

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Close. It was a combined amphetamine/barbiturate called Drinamyl - had gone under the street name "Purple Heart" in a previous formulation - the later variant was referred to as the French Blue in Mod parlance.

They were prescribed almost like Smarties by GPs at the time...

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They were prescribed almost like Smarties by GPs at the time...
Yes, but unlike Smarties, they were ingested rather than snorted (for the most part).

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Sounds great for recreation, but I have a tough time seeing a legit medical use for such a formulation!

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At one point, blues in the states were sodium amytal, a barbiturate (downer). They were actually a lot of fun back in the day!

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