It was illegally peddled as the "
PeaCe Pill." The use of PCP gained a great deal of popularity after it was initially introduced in the illicit street trade.
Rather, we need to ask tough, political questions, like Gore's: instead of pushing "happy pills" to pacify women, she asks, why don't doctors push "
peace pills" for men?
From the beginning, Tone notes, the tranquilizer market was driven by the demands of Americans who used "little
peace pills" to relieve life-impairing anxiety.