The True Story Of Scarface

Capone, Montana & Their Connection To Cocaine

By the time Capone was transferred to Alcatraz to serve the final years of his prison sentence, he had been abusing cocaine for so long it had damaged his nose. The narcotic hurt his sinuses so badly that it perforated his nasal septum. In the 1983 film, Pacino is depicted snorting cocaine. Although some say the actual drug was used on set, most agree the substance was in fact powdered milk. Meanwhile, screenwriter Oliver Stone was addicted to cocaine while writing the script. He moved to Paris as a way to get sober so he could finish the script.