You know, the sad thing is that their best work was done while they were using, and as a musician of 40 years, yet sober for the last 20,( I'm not glorifying drugs), they ruined my health), I have lost the songwriting ability that used to come naturally, and yet blew 2 major label deals when they found out I was using Heroin. However, I must say that my years of heroin, and LSD use were my most musically productive, but caused a brush with insanity before I said I'd had enough, and have been 100% sober since 2002, not even alcohol! Thanks for your channel, I decided I would be Paul Macartney at 7, and have loved the Beatles my entire life! Peace & Love, Keith In Richmond VA

The Beatles' drug experimentation has been romanticized over the years and too often spun in positive light as a creating force behind their music. The truth of the matter is, as apparently pointed out in this book, that drugs were ultimately a destructive force as it ruined their relationships and played a significant role in the dissolution of the band. This is one I'll be getting a copy of. Thanks for the review.

I always love the story of the time the Beatles, the Byrds, and Peter Fonda among others had an LSD party, “ I know what it’s like to be dead”

Very interesting, particularly the way Paul preferred cocaine instead of LSD which might explain his super-mega productive period.

One thing not mentioned but that is very clear from reading Lewishons book is that the culture of post-war England, particularly bombed out Liverpool was that children began drinking, rather heavily, at family gatherings and otherwise, and also smoked alot at an early age. The postwar era in Liverpool was so depressing that almost everyone, it seems, was either an alcoholic or binge-drinker during this time and that included all 4 Beatles.

This is an excellent book. Most of the stories in it are known by most fans BUT never before has all the information been presented in such a way as to make the common thread running through the bands existence so obvious.

11:52 John gets together with Yoko and the reverberation of this event echoes so intensely through the fabric of spacetime that the color saturation of the video itself changed...trippy...

I learn something new everytime I see one of your videos man. I truly appreciate your love for The Beatles. I love finding like minded people who are just as obsessed.

According to Chris O'Dell the seventies were far crazier in terms of drug taking than the sixties and all four seem to have become drug casualties during this time - including Paul who mentions excessive cocaine use which Linda helped him put a stop to.

I’m sure it was George who told the story about the time when Ray Charles and his band played in Liverpool and one of the locals had commented that Charles must be really stingy about paying his band as two band members had been seen in the gents toilets ‘forced’ to share the same cigarette between them 😀

Finally a new Pop Goes the 60s! I was going through withdrawals.. Anyway, a great video as always Matt. Keep em coming. I agree with George, marijuana definitely enhances the enjoyment of music. Legal here in Canada for about 2 years and society hasn't collapsed.

Huge fan, keep making these vids! Love learning all the never ending details of the Beatles!

Great video. I was hesitant about reading this book, but now I’m very interested based on your account of it. Great review as always.

This channel feels like lessons in music history from the primary sources! Thanks for the great content man!

I am currently 2/3rds through this book and it is utterly fascinating. I don't think I will ever quite look at The Beatles in the same way again.

Love these videos Matt! Keep them coming!

Matt - Thanks for your ongoing, in-depth analyses of The Beatles along with so many other less famous and less documented bands. Truly a joy to see new content from you each time! In a reply to another viewer’s comment you point out that the effect that drugs have varies from person to person. That’s absolutely true - somewhat obvious but certainly important to point out. I reflect on the devastating effect that hallucinogenics had on someone as sensitive and fragile as Brian Wilson along with many other artists who ended up being drug casualties. It’s absolutely amazing that Brian is still with us (and that he survived both of his brothers) and how much truly excellent music he’s produced over these many years. As you also point out, drugs definitely played a role in the evolution of so much of The Beatles music (and others), but there was definitely a heavy price to be paid. Thanks again - truly enjoy your work!

Really good listen, thank you! 💛

The Dylan/Beatles drug revelations of the 60s influenced us back then to experiment with drugs to get on the same wavelength as the artist...the change came and we music lovers have never been the same..great job my friend!!!

Matt, Another Set of Compelling Insights Into The Beatles. Gotta Read This Book. By the way, I’m Committing 2022-2023 to Writing My Book, Unrelated to The Beatles, Although Who Knows What’s Gonna Come Out of My Head In the End. Don’t Buy the Notion (by Some) That the Heavy Drug Years Were the Most Creatively Productive for Paul. McCartney Was Always a Prolific Music Composer. There is Something to Be Said, in a Separate Discussion, About How Creativity Wanes With Most Great Artists.

I'm diggin' your channel my man...Thanks For Sharing. };}]~

Wow Matt, very well put together, no judgement just how it was. As a boy I was told the sixties offered a chance for real change, or that was how it was pitched in the ads, as an adult I wondered if the phenomenon of the baby boom generation was squandered by drugs. It would be naïve, on my part, to think that The Beatles drug use didn't have a creative boost to their music, but still who can say. I heard George Harrison in an interview that he went to San Francisco during the summer of love, and what he saw reminded him of the bowery, later saying he viewed some LSD through a microscope and it looked like pieces of rope, and decided not to put that in himself. He seemed to have had a clear understanding that the drugs weren't taking them anywhere he wanted to go. Or at least that is how I remember it. At some point you have to wonder about Apple, and what it started out to be, and what it could have accomplished with free thinking clear headed leadership, perhaps silicon valley would have been in Great Britain. Great job Matt.

Another great video. Many thanks~

Great review Matt. I grew up with The Beatles and never having taken drugs myself maybe reading the book would shatter my nieve outlook! I was just a kid enjoying their music.

It´s a real pleasure watching your videos Matt. Intelligent and objective which is unusual this days on youtube. Thanks a lot.

This has nothing to do with the video but I just want to let you know that your channel is amazing. I just love the amount of detail you go into and all the analyses you do for each video. Thank you for this

This is great stuff Matt, got to read this now.. Would like to see more Beatles book reviews or a top 5 even.

I never fail to learn from you! Riveting. Thank you. 🍎🕯️⭐

Love the Beatles content man, thank you 👍🏼

GREAT video! I totally need to read this book! Thanks for the tip.

Speaking of drugs, I saw you dropped a video and felt like the addict who just saw his best connection walk through the door! I am really hooked on your content...thanks for all you do!

Great topic and book review, thank you

Thank you for sharing, I will now buy this book!

Great Video again, love your channel, peace

Very interesting. The Dylan story has passed into legend, especially given that they mention it in the Anthology video. Goes to show that reality is more complex.

Looking forward to reading the book📕. Thank you for the informative videos.

Hey Matt, nice job! I have a buddy who has this and recommended it to me. I didn't jump, but now, with your fab review I'll be getting it. Cheers Matt Street

I just discovered your channel and I love your content and the way you present it. I was a die hard Beatlefan in my teens and early 20s. I know you're not taking requests but it'll be great to see you do a video or series about The Who. Great work anyways! Suscribed 🙋

Sounds like a great read. I understand the first cannabis experience (prior to Zim) had the cannabis sprinkled into a hand rolled tobacco cigarette. I've wondered if hashish. was ever on the menu. The cocaine available in 1967 was of the liquid variety. I thought Paul's first trip was when he brought John back to his flat. After Johns infamous EMI rooftop stroll. Most musicians using H in 1968 were snorting (and vomiting) . Not injecting. You handled this topic/review professionally. No surprise their Matt Thank you for your diligence, , Great video, RNB

Just finished this yesterday... great book

Great review and overview!

great book, read a few weeks ago. I had known of almost all substances mentioned from previous books, but what stood out the most for me was how deep the Beatles were with the Predulin/speed....I knew about Hamburg but man they were lit to the gills on those things all the way to Help when they started hitting the ganj...quality book

Again let me congratulate you on a great presentation. Just my observation: at least two Beatles detested the “loveable mop top” image, but ironically, they believed they were somehow immune to the evils of heroin and coke. Mop tops couldn’t get addicted, right? All of them fell into an insidious trap and without Brian to bail them out in mid 1967, our lads embarked upon a number of failed projects that would destroy the group over a period of two years. The MMT failure. The trip to India. The Get Back film. Apple. The one factor that is consistent during these failed projects was drug use. As for the two prominent LSD trips, with Lennon, I don’t think they had much to do with his bizarre attraction to Yoko. Yoko began cultivating this relationship as early as 1966. The neck piece she gave John is prominent in photos in mid-1967. Further she is referenced twice in Sgt. Pepper. John’s driver says they were having an affair in 1967. Further Yoko shows up at the very first recording session following Brian’s death in which John and Paul are working on Fool on the Hill and Walrus. (Good timing Yoko!). Yoko is likewise present at the Bulldog sessions in early 1968, and John is trying to take her to India a few weeks later, but can’t manage it. The LSD trip(s) in April may be related to John’s call to Yoko, but more likely they were part of John’s attempt to deal with his inner turmoil and confusion relative to his domestic chaos and feelings of worthlessness. Yoko did not entice him with drugs as some have suggested. John was an emotional train wreck and she just happened to be at the station.

I agree with what you're saying about John first trip with Yoko that, he never came back from that... trip.

Excellent review

Read this a year ago. Excellent!

Thanks, Matt, great video! I’d love to pick up that book. Ken Womack is a great Beatles author, as well as Robert Rodriguez; his book Revolver-How the Beatles Reimagined Rock n Roll is one of my favorites and actually got me to like Revolver, which I never really did until I read that book. Thanks again for your great work on these videos!

As someone else mentioned in a comment, I'm not sure McCartney had had acid by the end of 1965. I read this book, based on your having mentioned it in another video. Thanx for the steer. The big revelation to me was about McCartney's cocaine use. It really does make sense as a factor in his super-productive period of 1966 and '67.

Thanks for the excellent review. Related to your subject matter here, I imagine you may have also read "Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year" by Steve Turner? If not, you may want to consider it. A chapter for each month of that year. A truly fascinating account of the many changes they went through individually, together, and the crowd they hung out with at the time, in particular McCartney. Extraordinary people in extraordinary times.

You do Gooden's book justice Matt. I know that some might shy away from this work in a misconception that it would merely be a tawdry recounting of a rock/pop band's drug deprivations. Much to our enjoyment and the advancement of Beatle's scholarship this is not the case at all, but instead it is an excellent description of both the substances and the context surrounding their use by the four. One thing that Gooden does not touch upon in detail is who exactly supplied them with their drugs. You make a superb point in that in the music business drugs will find you, but herion was something normally only be handled by serious organized crime. Not to be too prurient about it, but someone was supplying this circle in London with all they needed and it makes me think it might have been part of the Kray Brothers crime syndicate as they were the heavies at the time. As we know, drug supplies go hand in hand with some pretty rough criminals yet we don't hear much about that in this period. Wherever they might have obtained what they wanted/needed, frankly I am surprised that they were able to work creatively as long as they did. Ringo's addictions in the 70s I find to be the saddest. He has hinted at domestic violence and near existential struggles. In the Beatles years he just didn't seem to be a personality that would become chemically dependent...but that's the tragedy as it can happen to anyone.

Great video. I learned a lot I never knew.

I'm actually reading this book right now and really enjoying it. It's kind of a must read for Beatle freaks like me. Nice review.

I did not know john was on H.. That is crazy.. Thank you for the video.

Great Tutorial!

Cheese and Onion....thanks for the great review. I'll be ordering a copy after watching this. Another great video.

As always Matt Great video ✌👍The Beatles music from 1965 to 1969 drugs played an important role in the bands developement in musical experimentations such songs líke Norwegian Wood,Tomorrow Never Knows, Strawberry Fields Forever, A Day in the Life, Im the Walrus, Revolution #9, and (Lennon's) Cold Turkey. LSD in particular takes the group into an opening of a pandoras box of sorts, with Paul McCartney being the last one to hold out not knowing what results LSD would bring, and then one day announcing publicly to the World on TV his facination with the drug.Then there's the origins of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds with John Lennon being in a psychedelic state of mind is influenced by a colorful school drawing that his son Julian brings home to show him, only later to deny it was never about LSD. The most legendary story of all is the famous Beverly Hills pool party in august of 65 where The Beatles,The Byrds and unknown actor at the time Peter Fonda,(Easy Rider)are all taking LSD(except Paul who is holding out), with Peter Fonda talking about what its líke being dead and John Lennon being upset and telling him: who put that "shite" in your head!!! -John would write the song She Said,She Said (Peter Fonda would later make a movie about LSD called -The Trip) but in my opinion the begining of end for the Beatles would be the death of their manager Brian Epstein who died of an overdose of drugs and alcohol . -With John saying "I knew We were in trouble", Lennon thought "We F@ckin had it".

Fascinating book. Excellent summary! I wondered if the used mushrooms?

Excellent as always. I was particularly fascinated by the fact that not only did drugs influence individual songs and writing style, but influenced the relative course of the productivity of the Beatles (Paul compared to John and George), as well as their eventual breakup. Thx!!!

I adored this book, it explained a lot things that didn't make sense before that I've read in the myriad of other books about them. As for the break-up, it was a combination of Yoko's intrusion in the studio , the heroin she introduced to John and the resistance of Paul to drop acid to the degree George and John did imo

I love this channel

Paul’s “Got to get you into my life” was about marijuana.

Very Good book you suggested 👌👍

Many of the groups back then used drugs. But how many put out the kind of music the Beatles did? It was talent.

I've always found this interesting and goes to a point I've always made...the reason why artists can turn to drugs very often is that if they're successful...they can afford all sorts of drugs now. A lot of what kept local and regional musicians straight was they didn't have the money to experiment. Growing up, I only knew a lot of hard drinkers. Anyway, I can imagine that Paul, George and Ringo were very well used to the drug induced philosophies and theories of John Lennon by 1968.

Very interesting, and yet a totally new light on the band.

i just found my new favorite channel

Interesting , did not learn a lot , but i's like passing on your knowledge to youngsters , well dond sir .

Great interesting show and quality. Interesting that there had been numerous busts. I (like I suppose most) only knew of the "one time Paul ever spent the night away from his wife" and the lowlife musician hating and busting Officer Pilcher that John (and everyone) so despised. I was thinking that on this channel had been earlier coverage of partaking on Her Majesty's rooftop; and (Paul?) feeling ill after one bad reaction either at the studio or a filmed interview; and George Martin's feelings (or feigned ignorance) about it and them and work.

PS I just bought the book (which I had been meaning to buy for some time) and have started reading it.

In interviews and such, I've heard about Paul suffering a bronchial spasm during the recording of Band On The Run. I always hear the bronchial spasm attributed to "smoking." I've long wondered, "Smoking what, exactly?"

Paul has such a clean image now that I'd forgotten how, through the Seventies, he was getting busted every couple of years.

I need to get this book

I know they wrote like 50 songs while on their India retreat. Supposedly they weren't supposed to do drugs there and rather focus on meditation but I have a feeling they were loose with that rule. Can't confirm anything but they did write some really great stuff then but also consider how much the producer (George Martin) contributed and he certainly was no drug user.

I respect the fact you love the music and history of The Beatles as much as anyone, myself included. You deserve to have been born earlier in time so you could have watched Beatle history unfold in real time. 79 days before The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan the first time, JFK was killed. The US had mourned for 78 days and was ready to embrace The Beatles and resume leading happy lives again; and JohnPaulGeorge&Ringo were a good reason to smile away, at least for Americans under 21. That was the climate of the country when they stepped onto the tarmac in NYC in early '64. A rock band NEVER got their picture on the front page of every paper in the nation. I was already hearing I Want To Hold Your Hand and She Loves You 300 times a day on AM radio (FM wouldn't become big for 4 or 5 years) but that newspaper photo was the first time I saw what The Beatles looked like. All in all they seem like a well-timed phenomenon and a phenomenon they were. I wasn't even going to watch them on Ed Sullivan, but heard them from my bedroom and joined my family in the living room. You could just tell that somehow you'd witnessed a page of history turn before your very eyes. In 1968 when the Smother Brothers or Sullivan or some variety show played the video of Hey Jude one of my teachers the next day opened class with, "Did anyone see The Beatles on TV last night?" Of course all of us kids saw it and I forget what class she taught but we had a Beatles discussion hour that day in lieu of a lesson. The only thing I remember from that was my teacher asking, "Didn't John Lennon's hair look dirty?" She was good looking, about 25, but obviously too overly enthralled with McCartney. "Pssst, hey teach, Lennon isn't the smart one anymore, he's the coolest one."

I would love to see you make a video (or series even) about the Beatles in India. That middle period of the Beatles anthology (Help - Sgt. Pepper) has always been my favorite and it seems to get swept under the rug in favor of the before and after.

A huge part of what the Beatles did musically was attributable to their highly experimental and extremely creative approach. Their experimentation with altered states of consciousness gave us some of the most memorable music that they created. Those who criticize them for their experimentation with mind-altering substances would, no doubt, also criticize Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Oscar Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray), and Aldous Huxley (The Doors of Perception) for similar reasons. Another point worth making is that there is a growing body of scientific evidence (for example, research conducted at Johns Hopkins University) confirming Paul McCartney's point that consciousness-altering drugs and botanicals can have medically and psychologically beneficial properties.

I ordered this book after watching this, Matt. It is excellent! ( I happen to have years of experience in the substance abuse field, trained during my MSW program). I love Joe Goodden's clear-headed commentary on the prevalence of drug use during this era (I participated as well). He does not glorify drugs at all, but at the time they were considered by many to be the solutions to all the problems of the world. But NOT heroin. Goodden notes that George Harrison had seen a movie (perhaps "Man with the Golden Arm") and knew that heroin was dangerous. There were enough dead jazz musicians, and the Beatles would have known of some of them (Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Coltrane -- who, miraculously kicked it.) Velvet Underground and the downtown NYC art world dominated by Warhol was a factor in the glorification of heroin.

Thanks Matt, sounds like an interesting book. Having experienced most of this stuff (I'm 69), except for being a famous musician, I believe that the creativity was more from being young/talented/experienced, from being in that time, and that none of this type of music had been written yet. If anything, drugs probably hindered their musicality. Personally, one of my life "do overs" would be to never have gotten involved with marijuana in my teens and to have skipped my L.S.D period (69'), with the exception of that 1 orange sunshine trip, the one where 3/4 of the tab went flying into the crack behind our bathroom sink after I cut it with a razor. Regards .....

Moderation in all things, especially chemical substances.

Great review! Have you done one on the book "And in the End"?

Did Goodden talk about any connection to Michael Hollingshead in his book? I feel like I read somewhere that he was involved with supplying the Dentist with the LSD that was given to the Beatles? If this is true, it would connect the Beatles drug intake experience, indirectly, with some nefarious characters. I was just curious if this was mentioned at all? I'll probably grab this book after watching your review. I love the videos Matt and keep up the excellent work!

Wow, I never realized how much the boys' relationship were affected by there drug use. When Paul sang "I'm looking through you, you're not the same," it almost seems like he's talking about himself rather than Jane Asher.

The ‘lsd dentist ‘ incident was with George john and their wives not all four; McCartney was reluctant and the last Beatle to try it

Wow. You almost succeeded in making me not like them! Nice work! Loved the graphics and the well-chosen druggy/drunky shots.

Great stuff. Might I suggest another possible theme album? My working title would be their "Navigating Through Life" songs, a title that certainly could stand improvement. But, songs such as In My Life, Things We said Today, Within You Without You, and so forth, would all fit. There is plenty of material here, which is another thing that distinguishes the Beatles from most other rock bands. Such songs are typically within the domain of folksong writers; having these songs come from a pop/rock band gives us a different and welcome slant on the business of viewing life at arm's length. Or so I think.

Thanks

John seemed really motivated at the start of The White Album and Apple Records. He had recently dealt with the loss of Brian Epstein, he’d begun slowing down his use of LSD, he met Yoko Ono, and ended up writing some good songs for a few years.

Thanks for the vid and review. I was curious to learn that Paul apparently did LSD in '65. I was under the impression from Anthology and other sources that he held out much longer from taking LSD compared to John and George, maybe 18 months or so before he finally succumbed, and that this became a bit of a source of contention between the band. I remember an interview with George ( i think from Anthology) being quite bemused by the fact that Paul "announced" his LSD use to the press yet had only recently got into it compared to the others. So it's curious that this book claims he in fact tried it as early as '65.

Excellent piece. Peter Brown's The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles for all of its flaws, stated nearly forty years ago that heroin broke up the Beatles. For all of its sensationalism and tawdriness, the book didn't and still doesn't fit well in any of the established narratives in Beatles history. Secondly, with your recent emphasis on the Get Back sessions, I believe there is a conversation on the morning of the "Two Junkies" interview in which Yoko can be heard being really impatient waiting on Mal Evans scoring some new heroin. I believe John had already given her what they had. Your memory is much fresher than mine. Thirdly, I really wish you had had the sound track album of "The Trip" with its "Lovely Sort of Death" in the background, it would have been a nice touch.

I read this book a couple of years ago. No index, no primary research, and self-published. Oh dear, I thought. But it's excellent! A really interesting way in which to retell the familiar story. I finished it in pretty much one sitting. And I was interested to note that, at least according to this book, mushrooms play almost no role in the Beatles' drug history.

Thank you Matt, very informative, fascinating and enjoyable as always. Interesting that the main illustration of the book cover is of 'granny' glasses, which would be a sure fire reference to John Lennon being The Beatles biggest drug user. Also, Ringo was mentioned only fleetingly. He seemed to be able to keep up with the boys during his Beatle days with whatever was going on but he definitely had a booze problem later on (and there are plenty of embarrassing TV interviews to see). But alcohol, although a drug does not seem to have the same glorification that marijuana, cocaine and heroin does. I read that John, George and Ringo had all taken LSD in 65/66 but Paul had not and continued to hold out whilst the others stirred him about it "we have you haven't come on!"..... Life Magazine in 1967 reported in a big interview with Paul that he had taken it and there was a huge establishment and general backlash. I wonder when he started it and when Jane Asher became aware/concerned, because their engagement was over in late 1967.

I think the impact of drugs on songwriting and performance including recording is overstated, you cannot record and perform anything of value or at all with drugs, sure drugs can help to play all night but the after affects means you pay for it, the only means to perform well is to be sober, on drugs musicians think they have played really well, many have said that drugs are not an aid to playing well for example 🇬🇧✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

so sad how much drugs did in so many of the 60 and 70 Rockers

I believe the photo in the thumbnail was taken in Plymouth, Devon. Just chucking it out there.

Regarding Lennon and his attitude to LSD I can't help but note that in 1966 he wrote in Rain about not minding whether the sun was shining or whether the rain was pouring down, it was really all the same to him. About 18 months later he wrote, "Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun. If the sun don't come you get a tan from standing in the English rain", as if to make fun of the idea that the elements were really all the same thing to him. It makes me think that he was becoming disillusioned with trips by this stage and could see the absurdity of them now.

I love your channel, great information! I seem to recall reading, and I'm not sure where I read this, but someone (it may have been Paul) said that John had a bell jar stuffed full of LSD blotters buried in his backyard garden for fear it would be discovered if there was a sudden pot bust at his house. So, from time to time having friends over, John would go digging in his garden. I'm not sure if that's a true story or if it's in the book (I haven't read the book). Also, just an observation, I think the movie Help! is better enjoyed smoking weed and I can imagine that both Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine would be immensely enjoyable while on LSD. I haven't experienced watching those movies on drugs myself, but I can imagine certain 'enhancements' and I'm NOT encouraging anyone to try it. Didn't John or Paul once say that Yellow Submarine is for children, but also for adults on mind altering substances?

I enjoyed the book but at the end of the day, it recounted stories I’ve read before in other Beatles books. It was almost like a micro history of various drugs and their influence on society and then the Beatles use of them (speed in Hamburg, Scotch n Coke, pot, LSD, heroin). The only revelation I read was that Paul took LSD in December of 1965.

Matt, Another engrossing episode.I have not seen substantive comments on transcendental meditation, but when i was initiated in 1973, rule number one was no more drugs. Of course alcohol was not included as a drug, so drinking was okay. Ideally, when the Beatles were in India, their drug use should have stopped. TM was supposed to be a technique to relieve stress, and it certainly worked for me. I did give it up five years later when the two persons who convinced me to start TM went to the maharishi Institute in Fairfield. Iowa where TM was imbibed more as a cult or religion. As for drugs, they are not all the same. Some are physically addictive (psychedelics are not), but almost anything can be mentally addictive or just a habit. Lord knows, habits can be hard to break. Pot was generally less strong in the 60s (you got high, not stoned), but the scary results come from drugs like heroin and cocaine. Those two in particular are often 'cut' with baby powder or some other white powder. The result can be as bad an 18 year-old acquaintance 'trying' heroin once, only to get pure heroin and die from the overdose. Sure drugs can be bad, but ignorance is worse.

Hello; just great...as usual, thank you...And yes, as you said, about heroin, they (John Yoko) never kicked it. Even after Johns dead, Yoko had hude problems with substance,,,for long period of life. XXX R.