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The Vintage McDonald's Cutlery That Was 'Banned' For An Unexpected Reason By Lindsey Reynolds June 6, 2025 6:20 pm EST

In the 1970s and 1980s, McDonald's was known for more than just Big Macs and Happy Meals. It sounds too absurd to be true, but the fast food giant accidentally became part of the earliest stages of the "War on Drugs." It involved a tiny plastic coffee spoon, a drug epidemic, and an eventual government crackdown.

Before we learned just how awful single-use plastic was , the innocent-looking utensil was first introduced as a convenient tool for stirring coffee. The offender was about five inches long and featured a small, flattened scoop at the end — just enough to stir a serving of sugar or cream into a cup of coffee. With the iconic

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