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evanhoward666 — 20 years ago(November 17, 2005 09:39 PM)

Is it true that back in the day, people thought cocain was a medicine and that John Barrymore had the studios provide him with $2000 a week for him to buy coke because he had some illness?

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]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/851733https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/851733Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:09:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is it true that back in the day, people thought cocain was a medicine and that John Barrymore had the studios provide hi on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:09:15 GMT]]>nicardo — 19 years ago(May 02, 2006 07:59 PM)

There's no evidence or mention in any of the four JB bios I've read that any studio provided coke. He drank. A lot. That was enough.

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yes. In some parts of the world they still do this.

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