#drugs

We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#excess #fear

Crack had a social logic to it, a specific kind of reasoning that drew from a vast well of common experience for its symbolic resonance. Crack stood for pain and power, chaos and order, the truth behind the lie. Crack was a sociolegal logic grounded in blood. ↗

— Dimitri A. Bogazianos

#drug-policy #drugs #law #social-issues #social-justice

MDMA, it was beginning to be apparent, could be all things to all people. ↗

— Alexander Shulgin

#mdma #meaning #love

She wasn't about to go down that road herself, which was a testament to her spiritual awakening and her commitment to sanity. It was a real blessing that she didn't follow me, because oftentimes, people go out together and one comes back and the other doesn't. Or both of them never do. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#drug-abuse #drugs #love #sanity #love

Love is like the human appendix. You take it for granted while it's there, but when it's suddenly gone you're forced to endure horrible pain that can only be alleviated through drugs. ↗

— Reverend Jen

#drugs #humor #love #simile #humor

Don’t take drugs. Asking politely promotes healthy stereotypes. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #funny

Lowkey punchdrunk off this Sangria-sweet love and all it’s prodigious trappings… ↗

— Brandi L. Bates

#drugs #humor #love #sex #humor

From this moment on I'd dedicate my life to rock and roll and take as many drugs as possible. What could possibly go wrong? ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#humor #rock-and-roll #humor

You will be interested to hear, Hilary, that it [the drug] had a most remarkable effect — even on Selena after a very modest quantity. She cast off all conventional restraints and devoted herself without shame to the pleasure of the moment." I asked for particulars of this uncharacteristic conduct. "She took from her handbag a paperback edition of Pride and Prejudice and sat on the sofa reading it, declining all offers of conversation. ↗

— Sarah Caudwell

#humour #jane-austen #hilarious

The clown was an evil one. They’re either good or bad, and this one was definitely the latter. ↗

— Chris Thrall

#chris-thrall #crystal-meth #drugs #eating-smoke #hong-kong