VLVL Count Drugula, or Mucho the Munificent

[R. Fiero]

jbor wrote:
>. . .  It is quite clear from this sentence that it's a drug 
>commune, and the chances are that's where Zoyd scores his 
>"own" dope, and one of the main reasons he heads straight 
>there in the first place; similarly, one of the first things 
>Zoyd looks for at Mucho's place is the "guest stash" so he can 
>mooch off of it because he doesn't want to smoke his "own".
>
>It's not in the text that they search him at the police 
>station and take away any dope he's carrying but it's 
>reasonable to infer that that's what happens. At this point in 
>the novel drugs are as important to Zoyd as his child, if not 
>moreso. It's a point of the plot that he becomes a reasonably 
>responsible father, as I wrote, but at this stage it wasn't 
>looking too promising.

What in the world is a "drug commune?"  Would that be where 
drugs are the currency of exchange, say a lid for a side of 
beef or a couple of hits of acid for a crate of eggs?  No such 
thing is either said or implied by the text.
At any rate, Zoyd's disciplined and shamanistic visiting of 
altered states is beyond reproach and is necessary for him to 
locate and stay on the natch.