Were those guys really looking to buy fireworks or drugs. I know it sounds stupid but the guy started to name off different kinds of fireworks. But 40$ is alot of money for fireworks. Was that another name of drugs in the 70's? Sorry wasn't born quite yet.
shareI don't know if 'fireworks' was a general euphemism for drugs in New York (or anywhere else) in the 60s and 70s, but I'm pretty sure they were buying drugs.
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I figured that but the buyer started naming off all these types of fireworks. So i guess they were buying some dope.
shareI think they just wanted fireworks.
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Fireworks was never a euphemism for anything in New York.
In those days if you wanted fireworks (which were and still are illegal in NY) one of the easiest places to find them was Chinatown or Little Italy or through someone with connections to that region of the city.
Those boys went to the right places to find what they were after… fireworks.
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Plus which, one of the boys was Johnny Ramone. Now Joey and Dee Dee did drugs, but Johnny just drank.;-)
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Considering there isn't one scene where anyone in Charlie's crew is either doing or selling drugs, I'd have to guess it was actual fireworks. The only scene where there's drug use, I believe, is the guy shooting heroin in the beginning, who is then run out of the bar by Tony.
shareIt was like that in Boston in the 70's as well. You had to go into the North End, know a guy who knew a guy, etc. To me, it was too much work as my friend's Dad was a cop and they'd blow up all the confiscated stuff on the 4th of July. $40.00 back then would probably get you a crate of stuff, too. These days, you just go over the border to New Hampshire and get whatever you need.
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