P writing on drugs? Re: On The Road (Destination: Starbucks)

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

Of course, opiates, weed and acid are all rather different sorts of creatrures, aren't they? There is a grand caynon of difference between a full-blown DMT experience and flatlining on smack.
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From: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
> Afterthoughts on a Deposition
> 
> "When I say I have no memory of writing Naked Lunch,
> this is of course an exaggeration, and it is to be kept in
> mind that there are various areas of memory.  Junk is a
> painkiller, it also kills the pain and pleasure implicit in
> awareness.  While the factual memory of an addict may be quite
> accurate and extensive, his emotional memory may be scanty
> and, in the case of heavy addiction, approaching effective
> zero."...
> 
> William S. Burroughs
> 						Author of _Naked Lunch_
> 						October 1991
> 
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