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In 1969 the fifth Beatle was heroin: John Lennon’s addiction took its toll on the band

And We Thought It Was Yoko’s Fault –

February 15, 2019 –  Lennon intuited society’s inability to understand, much less combat addiction. “They’re so stupid about drugs,” he exclaimed. “They’re not looking at the cause of the drug problem: Why do people take drugs? To escape from what? Is life so terrible? Are we living in such a terrible situation that we can’t do anything without reinforcement of alcohol, tobacco? Aspirins, sleeping pills, uppers, downers, never mind the heroin and cocaine?…”

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