[Ads-l] Antedating of "Scag" (Heroin)

[Shapiro, Fred]

scag (OED, 2., 1967)

1965 Newport (R.I.) Daily News 3 July 1/8 (Newspapers.com)

Archie Shepp ... definitely had something to say, so strongly that he could not leave it all to the music, in "Scag" erupted into words with verses about the effect of heroin on the downcast and dejected.

Fred Shapiro

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