Did we discuss this a couple of months ago? :)

I graduated in '57, never heard of it.

Seems like I remember a discussion on this topic fairly recently, too.

Rusty

Very lengthy discussion about it here, recently

Yes (recently discussed).

For me and others, a signpost was Donovan's song Mellow Yellow. No intoxicating effect of anything related to bananas was ever demonstrated. Although if I remember correctly from all those years ago, when high I recall bananas being particularly delicious.

I was in highschool in the 50's (a good sized highschool), and graduated in 1957. No, I have never heard of it either.

I graduated in 1958 and never heard of that.

I heard about it in the '60's from my husband's cousin, who evidently had tried it. I don't recall that she said it did anything for her. I sincerely doubt it....she was into much heavier drugs and activities than that. She was telling me about it, and it was something she had tried several years previous...so it probably was in the '50's for her.

I heard about it in the 70s, but never tried it. I had a good friend 'Bruce' that grew the real deal on his very rural farm. When he wanted a ride somewhere, he would pay with a wonder bread sack stuffed full of weed :-) Never had to try banana peel :-)

I graduated from HS in 1954 and never heard anything about banana peels as a drug. Our little town was isolated from big city influences. The main drugs were hard cider and tobacco. A couple of kids did try smoking dried hollyhock stems. That seemed like a good idea since these were hollow and would hold a glowing ember end. However, one try was enough to stop that experiment because when the user took a draw, he got fire or extremely hot gases in the mouth and throat due the hollow reed.

On rare occasion, a heroin user might be found.

Oddly enough, marijuana (hemp) grew wild in cow pastures and was considered a noxious weed by the Illinois Agricultural Dept. and they requested that if you found any, it should be destroyed. The wild variety found in southern IL is not as potent as varieties grown today specifically for drug use.

This weed must have had a bitter taste because for the most part, cows left it alone. However, in times of drought and poor pasture when nothing else was left to graze, some cows would imbibe. It would make a cow behave crazily and an animal that had been gentle might without warning become combative and charge. (Once, I was butted down a hillside by such affected cow.)

Class of ‘58 here. No banana high, but we all tried an aspirin in a bottle of Coke. Never worked for me! The real “poison” at that time was baby oil with iodine to tan faster..... HA. I’ve sent more than one dermatologist’s child thru college.