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Cocaine was one of the choices of drugs used in the 1920's. Cocaine is often associated with the jazz age 1920s-30s. Cocaine the drug known to suppress appitites and make users lose their inhibitions. "Initially thought to be a wonder drug, in the late 19th century cocaine was a key ingredient in medicines used to combat asthma, dysentery, sore nipples, syphilis and – ironically – to fight opium addiction"(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2356212/Cocaine-Reading-lines-The-history-drug.html#ixzz3HZs34xWl" )

Cocaine was used as a party drug to give the user a 30 minute burst of euphoria. It was aid that mainly prostitutes, and artists. those of the creative industry used it. Perhaps that is why the art movement changed to be so abstract and expressionistic? Cocaine can intensify your five senses. A lot of the youth used to take cocaine it was often used at after parties. Many women had small compacts to keep their cocaine in.

The cocaine scene exploded after the first world war. Berlin became the capital of cocaine use in the 1920s/30s. People from all over the world visited Berlin to experience the new nightlife experience. Sex, drugs and cabarets was what Berlin was about during the "roaring twenties".

I want my character to show this lifestyle through her hair and makeup.







Sabine Rewald. (2006). Glitter and Doom.. London: Yale university press. . 304.