Bill Hicks on Drugs

Compiled a few quotes by Bill Hicks (late and great comedian) on drugs. Thought you guys might enjoy 'em. :stoned:

â?¢ The war on drugs to me is absolutely phoney; it's so obviously phoney, okay? It's a war against our civil rights, that's all it is. They're using it to make us afraid to go out at night, afraid of each other, so that we lock ourselves in our homes and they get to suspend our rights one by one.

â?¢ Why is pot against the law? It wouldn't be because anyone can grow it, and therefore you can't make a profit off it, would it?

â?¢ I believe that God left certain drugs growing naturally upon our planet to help speed up and facilitate our evolution. Okay, not the most popular idea ever expressed. Either that or you're all real high and agreeing with me in the only way you can right now. [starts blinking]

â?¢ They lie about marijuana. Tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do just as well â?¦ you just realize that it's not worth the fucking effort. There is a difference.

â?¢ Not all drugs are good. Some â?¦ are great.

â?¢ The rock stars today who don't do drugs and who in fact speak out against drugs â?? "We're rock against drugs!" â?? boy, they suck.

â?¢ You see, I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight. Take all your albums, all your tapes and all your CDs and burn them. 'Cause you know what, the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years â?¦ rrreal fucking high on drugs. The Beatles were so fucking high they let Ringo sing a few tunes.

â?¢ I don't do drugs anymore... than, I'd say, the average touring funk band.

â?¢ Wouldn't you like to see a positive LSD story on the news? To hear what it's all about, perhaps? Wouldn't that be interesting? Just for once?

â?¢ "Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration â?¦ that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather."

â?¢ I have never seen two people on pot get in a fight because it is fucking impossible. "Hey, buddy!" "Hey, what?" End of argument.

â?¢ Actually, I'm against drugs being legalized, and this is why. Last weekend, my friend and I went into a farm, took some mushrooms, and we sat on a field. I looked up into the sky and saw God. He told me that there is nothing to fear, that he loves every single creature on this planet, and he showered gifts of forgiveness and love onto the Earth, and I realised that there was nothing to fear, and I loved everything â?¦ Now, if that isn't a bad thing for this country, I don't know what is. How can we continue to make weapons if we love everything?

â?¢ No, I don't do drugs anymore, either. But I'll tell you something about drugs. I used to do drugs, but I'll tell you something honestly about drugs, honestly, and I know it's not a very popular idea, you don't hear it very often anymore, but it is the truth: I had a great time doing drugs. Sorry. Never murdered anyone, never robbed anyone, never raped anyone, never beat anyone, never lost a job, a car, a house, a wife or kids, laughed my ass off, and went about my day.

â?¢ Here is my final point. About drugs, about alcohol, about pornography and smoking and everything else. What business is it of yours what I do, read, buy, see, say, think, who I fuck, what I take into my body â?? as long as I do not harm another human being on this planet?