What is (are) "Poppers"? If it's cocaine, then that meshes with what I've seen and heard.
Poppers are not cocaine, but it is some other upper type of drug.
Poppers are an inhalant drug. Small vials of potent liquid you breathe the fumes from. Alkyl nitrites is the scientific name. They’re used in cleaning products and polish removers, and I think some people have died drinking them accidentally.
Popular during the 70s & 80s on the club scene, they were initially linked to AIDS, although that was disproved later.