4 William S. Burroughs Quotes on Drugs

William S. Burroughs quotes on drugs

6. I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the look of borrowed flesh common to all who survive The Sickness... When I speak of drug addiction I do not refer to keif, marijuana or any preparation of hashish, mescaline, Banisteriopsis caapi, LSD6, Sacred Mushrooms or any other drugs of the hallucinogen group... There is no evidence that the use of any hallucinogen results in physical dependence. (pp. 199-201)

7. Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use of any other drug with special horror. (p. 201)

24. Heroin is a vitamin...don't let anyone tell you different heroin IS a vitamin...there's nothing in the game plan...that says that all vitamins have to be good for you.

50. Thou shalt not blow pot-smoke into the face of my pet. Say's whom who want's to get high.