“The great library of New York dope has been going up in smoke this month. I want it all smoked up by September One, when I clear out for good. Here,” he said, tossing me a Baggie full of grass. “Try some 1967”
Originally published September 27, 1973
“Blunts have made it fashionable to smoke pot again. Just about nobody in hip hop circles smokes crack or cocaine anymore.”
Originally published June 22, 1993
“Owing to the success of the Reagan-Bush crackdown, marijuana prices in New York City have doubled and tripled in recent years, with top-end product selling routinely for $500 an ounce, and up.”
Originally published June 22, 1993
“It’s no accident that many kids start taking drugs at about the same age when children in traditional societies are tossed into a terrifying rite of passage, often involving some freaked-out combination of blood, darkness, self-sufficiency, and secrets.”
Originally published June 22, 1993
“Let me tell you about the first time I got high. It was 1966, and I was a young reporter… There, sitting on the floor, were Creedence Clearwater Revival and Big Brother and the Holding Company. A huge spliff was passed around… ‘We shouldn’t be doing interviews,’ I shouted. ‘We should be friends.’ ”
Originally published June 22, 1993