Lest anyone think otherwise, this podcast in no way glamourizes drug use. How could it?  My father's death at the age of only fifty, was drink-and-drug related, as was the death of my childhood hero, Elvis. I elaborate on all of this in the introduction and then go on to talk with Leonard Cohen - just two quotes from the man - about heroin, Dory Previn about pills and ECT, PJ Proby about drink and the Beatles use of dope and LSD, and Boy George's heroin horrors. Dark subjects but I have never been known to make a radio show or podcast that brings people down and I hope the same is true of this podcast. On the contrary, I hope it helps people.