Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for June 06, 1977
Transcript:
Cornell: Repotting season again, Mr. Harris? Man: Cornell! Well, I'll be! Long time, son! Cornell: Yes, sir. I guess it has been! Is Zonker home? Man: Why, yes! he's out on the sun deck laying down a tan base! He said he wasn't receiving callers, but I'm sure he'll see you, Cornell! Let me just raise him on the deck intercom! Cornell: Thanks, sir. Tell him I just need to borrow his coke spoon. Man: Okay. Hey, you've grown, haven't you, boy? I swear, you've grown!
I have a faint memory that, before the deaths of John Belushi and Len Bias, cocaïne was often mentioned in the same breath as marijuana as a “soft” drug that ought to be relegalized.