> > Don't you think materialism can be an addiction, and a bad one?
> Can
> > you name ten great artists or writers or inventors that don't do or
> > didn't at some point abuse drugs? (alclhol is a drug by the way)
>
> ok, I'll try this one. :)
>
> 1 Jim Morrison
> 2 Sam Kinison
> 3 Jerry Garcia
> 4 James Belushi
> 5 Syd Barrett
> 6 Kurt Cobain
> sorry cant think of anymore of the top of my head, just a joke anyway.
>
> p.s. I know I spelled some names wrong, sorry.
> also, you could easily find examples of artists who were great when
> they
> were on drugs, and then around the same time they stopped doing drugs,
>
> there art (comedy, music, etc. ) seemed to go way downhill. I know
> this
> does not imply causation, but at least some sort of relationship.
> -paul prestopnik
Just one last time: DRUGS ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN AND DO KILL PEOPLE. I
never doubted this, although you will be hard pressed to find anyone who
has ever died from Marijuana, the most popular illicit drug. There are
lots and lots more. Of course it doesn't compare with cars - over 60,000
a year and climbing.
Sodom