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They became known for tackling political issues through their music, including racism, homelessness and contemporary drug culture. [1] [2] The band's initial line-up was the trio of Craig Bloxom on bass guitar/lead vocals, Cliff Grigg on drums/percussion and Michael Weiley on lead guitar/vocals.
The 1880s saw opiate addiction surge among among housewives, doctors, and Civil War veterans, [33] creating America's "first opioid crisis." [34] [35] By the end of the century, an estimated one in 200 Americans were addicted to opiates, 60% of them women, typically white and middle- to upper-class. [17]