If you've never caught an episode of I Love Lucy, you may be shocked at how much smoking happens on the show. In fact, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz even did commercials promoting cigarettes for Phillip Morris, as they sponsored I Love Lucy for a few years, according to PopMatters. Ball was a smoker in real life, too.
However, that's the only substance Ball indulged in, as getting drunk or high just didn't appeal to her. "The first time I was around marijuana I wondered why someone was passing me this cigarette he had just smoked," she explained to People magazine. "I've never tried it." And when she drank alcohol, Ball said she either got sick or fell asleep.
Ball wasn't a fan of the heavy hitters, either, as she didn't like the way they made her feel. "I'm allergic to morphine, Percodan [aspirin and oxycodone], codeine," she continued. "I can't take any of those things because they work in reverse. The eyes won't close."
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