Abuse of medicinal drug laws in Colorado Springs did not start with Marijuana | - Colorado Springs Gazette
Seemingly healthy young men are asking for intoxicating pain medication with a wink, a nod and suspiciously vague symptoms. Sympathetic physicians are making good money writing them prescriptions. New dispensaries are springing up all over Colorado Springs to capitalize on the legal gray area. Local officials and police are outraged.
The city promises a crackdown.The brouhaha makes headlines in ’09.
1909.
The drug in question was not medical marijuana, which has been in the news so much lately. It was medical whiskey, and the similarities to today’s prescription pot predicament are remarkable.
A century ago, drinking alcohol for enjoyment was illegal in Colorado Springs, as recreational pot smoking is today. City founder Gen. William Jackson Palmer had forbidden liquor from being made or sold anywhere in the city.
Yeah, sign me up for some medicinal ... WHISKEY!
