Hanging out at the Riviera. Drug Consumption in Zurich, c. 1965-1975. Narcotic City Lecture by Peter-Paul Bänziger
As in many other cities, the first "open drug scene" emerged in Zurich in the second half of the 1960s. People met at the so-called Riviera on the banks of the Limmat, smoked hashish brought back from Afghanistan and Morocco, philosophised and made music.
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