Editing Disco (section)

===Drug subculture===
In addition to the dance and fashion aspects of the disco club scene, there was also a thriving [[club drug]] [[subculture]], particularly for drugs that would enhance the experience of dancing to the loud, bass-heavy music and the flashing colored lights, such as [[cocaine]]<ref name="ReferenceA">Gootenberg, Paul 1954– – Between Coca and Cocaine: A Century or More of U.S.-Peruvian Drug Paradoxes, 1860–1980 – Hispanic American Historical Review – 83:1, February 2003, pp. 119–150. "The relationship of cocaine to 1970s disco culture cannot be stressed enough&nbsp;..."</ref> (nicknamed "blow"), amyl nitrite ("[[poppers]]"),<ref name="ReferenceB">Amyl, butyl and isobutyl nitrite (collectively known as alkyl nitrites) are clear, yellow liquids inhaled for their intoxicating effects. Nitrites originally came as small glass capsules that were popped open. This led to nitrites being given the name 'poppers' but this form of the drug is rarely found in the UK. The drug became popular in the UK first on the disco/club scene of the 1970s and then at dance and rave venues in the 1980s and 1990s.</ref> and the "...&nbsp;other quintessential 1970s club drug [[Quaalude]], which suspended [[motor coordination]] and gave the sensation that one's arms and legs had turned to '[[Jell-O]].{{'"}}<ref name="r1">{{Cite magazine |last=Braunstein |first=Peter |date=November 1999 |title=DISCO |url=http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1999/7/1999_7_43.shtml |url-status=dead |magazine=American Heritage |volume=50 |issue=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205223044/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1999/7/1999_7_43.shtml |archive-date=February 5, 2010 |access-date=February 5, 2010}}</ref> Quaaludes were so popular at disco clubs that the drug was nicknamed "disco biscuits".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefix.com/content/where-are-they-now-drugs-edition7098|title=PCP, Quaaludes, Mescaline. What Became of Yesterday's 'It' Drugs? – The Fix|website=Thefix.com|date=December 30, 2011|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232147/https://www.thefix.com/content/where-are-they-now-drugs-edition7098|archive-date=October 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Paul Gootenberg states that "[t]he relationship of cocaine to 1970s disco culture cannot be stressed enough..."<ref name="ReferenceA"/> During the 1970s, the use of cocaine by well-to-do [[celebrity|celebrities]] led to its "glamorization" and to the widely held view that it was a "soft drug".<ref>Brownstein, Henry H. ''The Handbook of Drugs and Society''. John Wiley & Sons, 2015. p. 101.</ref> [[LSD]], [[marijuana]], and [[Amphetamines|"speed"]] (amphetamines) were also popular in disco clubs, and the use of these drugs "...contributed to the hedonistic quality of the dance floor experience."<ref>Tim Lawrence: "Beyond the Hustle: Seventies Social Dancing, Discothèque Culture and the Emergence of the Contemporary Club Dancer." In Julie Malnig ed. ''Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader.'' Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2009, pp. 199–214. Online version: {{cite web |url=http://www.timlawrence.info/articles2/2013/7/16/beyond-the-hustle-seventies-social-dancing-discotheque-culture-and-the-emergence-of-the-contemporary-club-dancer |title=Beyond the Hustle: Seventies Social Dancing, Discotheque Culture and the Emergence of the Contemporary Club Dancer|website=Timlawrence.info|date=September 19, 2013 |access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012053538/http://www.timlawrence.info/articles2/2013/7/16/beyond-the-hustle-seventies-social-dancing-discotheque-culture-and-the-emergence-of-the-contemporary-club-dancer|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}.</ref> Since disco dances were typically held in [[liquor license]]d-[[nightclub]]s and [[dance club]]s, [[alcoholic drink]]s were also consumed by dancers; some users intentionally combined alcohol with the consumption of other drugs, such as Quaaludes, for a stronger effect.