# Disney animators take drugs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animators-take-drugs/73206>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 20, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animators-take-drugs/73206 "2001-07-20T16:33:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jordi\_Pujol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@Jordi\_Pujol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jordi_Pujol)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animators-take-drugs/73206/1 "2001-07-20T16:33:16Z")

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Is it true that Disney animators used to take drugs? I recently saw the “pink elephants” part from Dumbo, and it looks like an acid trip.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animators-take-drugs/73206/2 "2001-07-20T16:43:11Z")

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I don’t see any Straight Dope column related to this subject.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animators-take-drugs/73206/3 "2001-07-20T16:45:09Z")

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Sacrebleu! I was too quick to hit the submit button.

Jordi Pujol, please refer to my moderator comments in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=78774).

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