[lbo-talk] Burroughs on heroin (was Marxism and Religion)

[Andy F]

On 3/1/07, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Andy wrote:
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> >I don't recall Burroughs ever finding a good thing to say about opiates/
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> This is from a 1978 interview:
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> >I was around people who were using it. Then I
> >started, you know, taking an occasional shot. It
> >is, for most people, I think, a very pleasurable experience.....

Ok, I totally take that back.

Actually the parts about its effects on health are more relevant, and
corroborate what I've seen elsewhere.

It just seemed like he'd talked a lot about the cultivation of
absolute need as a means of control.

-- 
Andy