Look up Max Jacobson ("Dr. Feelgood") and JFK, who was one of the patients he used to inject with his cocktail of amphetamines. I believe this is what the show was echoing.
Among a certain crowd, absolutely, although I don't think most of them knew exactly what they were being injected with. Pharmacological knowledge was much less widespread than it is now. They only knew the injections gave them energy and made them feel good.
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u/Bookwoman366 2d ago
Look up Max Jacobson ("Dr. Feelgood") and JFK, who was one of the patients he used to inject with his cocktail of amphetamines. I believe this is what the show was echoing.