Many aspects of the Disco era can be summed up with one Rick James quote from Chappelle's Show- "cocaine is a hell of a drug".
It's almost impossible to think of the Disco era without thinking of how drugs fueled the seemingly never-ending dance parties and made people think it was okay to dress like this:
Clubs like Studio 54, club Xenon and FunHouse played host to those beautiful young people who just wanted to boogie the night away- and one free spirited senior affectionately known as "Disco Granny":
Now I'm not saying Disco, and those involved in the scene, needed drugs to survive and thrive, but how do you explain what's happening in this photo without including a reference to drugs?
See 29 Pictures That Show Just How Crazy 1970s Disco Really Was here (NSFW-ish)