William S. Burroughs -The Junky's Christmas, Part One

Are you sure you all aren't just watching Burroughs on youtube,and fantasizing about being junkies or ex-junkies? Hmmmmm?

lol, yeah the reefers and the glue is about the tamest way of getting high known to man.  I don't recommend the glue.

............wow, fuck you, man.

A smack head giving his last fix to a sick boy now thats a chrismas to remember

I am a junky. Everything he says... is timeless. Heroin addicts never change.

why music? Isn't words enough? Has MTV fucked us up that much?

Well it's VH1, but I know what you mean and where you're getting at. You do have to consider that nowadays, neither network would take the time to recite, create, or repackage poetry, with or without a soundtrack. You can think reality television for that. I know what you mean, but it's just going to get worse.

the music accompanying this is thoroughly maddening & unnecessary

As Burroughs pointed out, there was no drug problem before prohibition. The government's intrusive, authoritarian drug policy fucked things up for everyone - apart from themselves and the dealers.

man heroin still ravages your body whether it's legal or not. i mean if its legal you can more likely function in society better but you';re still severely addicted to a drug.
i agree though, but it's not the only reason use of certain drugs gives bad results.