Great Book: "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" by Philip K Dick. Science Fiction about Martian Mineral Miners that Escape the Bad Quality of Life by Taking Psychedelic Drugs and Playing with a "Barbie Doll" House.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch

They live in a dreary dome and on their days off they recreate by eating "Can-D" and playing with their "Perky Pat" Layouts... The drug allowed the miners to escape into a fantasy world similar to Los Angeles in the Early 1960s.  Until a rival drug appears... Chew-Z... "Be Choosey, Chew Chew-Z" which turns out to not be a drug at all but... (the end of the sentence not said as that would spoil the plot)

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