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You may think the Eagles<\/a> were a wholesome band. Maybe that\u2019s the well-known, laid-back cheer of their 1972 hit \u2018Take It Easy\u2019 with its extra chill Southern California vibe talking. Or maybe it\u2019s the calmness and tranquility exuding from their third-ever single, \u2018Peaceful Easy Feeling\u2019. But the music can sometimes lie.<\/p>\n The Eagles rose to fame just after the \u2018Summer of Love<\/a>\u2018, given they formed in Los Angeles in 1971. America in the 1970s was all political scandal, lava lamps and shag carpets, bell bottoms and The Beatles breaking up. After the heightened liberation of the late 1960s, it was also a time of getting high. Drugs were everywhere, all the time, and were widely accessible.<\/p>\n Eagles aside, intense drug consumption in the industry was widely avowed. Apparently, Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s band Black Sabbath spent $75,000 on cocaine in 1972 alone, even arranging private planes to fly in their supply<\/a>. At this time, the side effects of cocaine weren\u2019t as well-known. Actually, most assumed there weren\u2019t any. It was a drug for the elite, to congratulate and reward them for the divine success of fame. The only downside was that it cost so much.<\/p>\n If you think the Eagles skipped out on this scene altogether, you\u2019d be dead wrong. In fact, they even had a code word to address one another should they be consuming cocaine in public. Some might argue that the \u2018Hotel California\u2019 singers might only have used the stimulant to stay awake and energised during a gruelling touring schedule.<\/p>\n No matter the reason, the Eagles did their fair share of the happy dust. Often, one of the musicians would come out of the toilet, a backroom, or some abandoned alleyway with the white powder still on his nose. This could be disastrous, especially if they had a media commitment that day. So the friends came up with a foolproof method to keep their drug habit out of the limelight.<\/p>\n