Despite the deathly dangers of fentanyl contamination, hard drug use has been enjoying record increases in Hollywood and beyond not seen since the hard-partying ’80s.

The popularity is fueled in part by a destigmatization of recreational drugs like cocaine in everything from Charlie XCX lyrics (in “365” she sings, “Shall we do a little key? Shall we have a little line?”); to popular country acts like Parker McCollum; to Hollywood-skewering TV comedies like Apple’s The Studio and HBO’s I Love L.A. (the second episode of the latter saw the gang dig into a hefty bag of cocaine).

Despite the deathly dangers of fentanyl contamination, hard drug use has been enjoying record increases in Hollywood and beyond not seen since the hard-partying ’80s.

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