IMHO most of what has been said here about the positive effects of heroin is just uneducated guessing by those who have never used it. Everyone here that has actually used it said it's shit ( except the author ). Everyone I know that has actually used it said it is shit. Am I missing something? As for clean artists that still make good music, what about Eric Clapton? Johnny Winter? SRV?(rest his soul)Paul Rodgers, Phil Keaggy? on and on . Man, if you can't think of anybody then maybe it's time to buy some new cd's. It would be nice to think that there is some magic pill to take to be a better musician but it just ain't so. There are too many factors (TALENT, hard work, mass marketing, producers, ect. ) that made the music that we like to single out heroin as the key. These people didn't do it all on their own. There are MANY great musicians that have NEVER used heroin. Some have never been given the chance to be popular. Check your local music scene. It's too bad that this romanticizing goes on even after all the good people we've lost to this stupid drug. I'm sure it will continue and more people will die when they fall into the trap. Carry on.
Joe