Phillip K. Dick (wasTRp) & drugs

[LBernier at tribune.com]

There's also the long term effect of heavy amphetamine usage - extended lack of 
REM sleep can lead to symptoms of psychosis, including extreme paranoia, 
hallucinations and deranged behavior.

Jean

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Subject: Re: Phillip K. Dick (wasTRp) & drugs
Author:  <MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu> at Internet_tco
Date:    1/14/97 1:04 PM


Paul, is this a joke?  Saying Dick hadn't done any drugs "other than 
amphetamines " is 
like saying O.J. never hit Nicole, just slapped her (sorry for the tasteless 
refe rence, the 
Civil Triial's in final rebuttal now, so it's kinda hard to avoid here in LA).  
I
 love Dick's 
work, so don't misread me, but really, a good amphetamine rush is a pretty 
potent
 drug 
experience, especially when it comes to that--paranoia.  Don't tell me you  
never
 popped a 
few black beauties trying to get that final term paper finished way back when. 
. . 
     
john m
>
>
>The most educational example of non-use of drugs (at least
>early on in one;s career) not being a roadblock to trippy writing 
>is Philip K Dick.  All his most paranoid, hallucinigenic stuff 
>from the Sixties (Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, etc)
>was written before he had ever sampled any drugs other than 
>amphetamines.
>
>--
>Paul Di Filippo&Deborah Newton/2 Poplar/Providence, RI 02906 
>Dada Charity:  "Clothe the hungry and feed the naked." 
>Capitalist Charity:  "Give the hungry clothes, the naked food, 
>and let them create a market economy."
>