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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Meaning of this "uppers"

Hi,

Would you explain the sentence below?

They're drunk and on some kind of uppers.

Thanks.
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mitsuwao23 Would you explain the sentence below? They're drunk and on some kind of uppers. They are drunk - have consumed too much alcohol.

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  • mitsuwao23 Would you explain the sentence below?
  • They're drunk and on some kind of uppers.
  • They are drunk - have consumed too much alcohol.
  • and on some kind of uppers - have taken drugs such as cocaine or speed which have the effect of stimulating the nervous system.
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mitsuwao23Would you explain the sentence below?
They're drunk and on some kind of uppers.
They are drunk - have consumed too much alcohol.

.... and on some kind of uppers - have taken drugs such as cocaine or speed which have the effect of stimulating the nervous system.
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mitsuwao23They're drunk and on some kind of uppers.
I'm so old I completely missed the drug scene, but I believe drugs can be divided into stimulants (uppers) and depressants (downers).

Well, I guess they were using morphine, cocaine, and heroine well before I was born.
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AvangiI'm so old I completely missed the drug scene
Gosh Avangi that makes you older than me - or it happened later in the UK.
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thank you, guys for answering to my question and giving me the details. now I feel like I'm overloaded. Emotion: sweating

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I worked for a guy in the 60's who was into LSD bigtime. He was doing graduate work at Dartmouth. At that time Leary (Harvard) had a big following, and there was controversy about whether or not it was good for you.
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