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“I use to jump the tubes, go into NYC and did the nightlife in my pizza triangle.

I never saw cocaine in real life.”

You just were’nt looking in the right clubs, in the right places. It’s been there as long as I’ve been going out to clubs, and never went away since - and since I work in the music biz, I see it constantly.

Coke and meth (speed) users congregate in the bathroom, or in an office, or somewhere out of sight. The ONLY change I’ve seen since the early 80’s is that it’s not done as openly. I’ve been to many a party with a “rising star”, ie. someone who just came into some money, and was offered some like you would be offered a beer - now you have to ask. (And no, i turned it down, I’ve done speed once when 17, and hated it, and never did coke. I rarely drink, and don’t smoke pot or do any other drugs. My choice, and I don’t preach. What you choose to put in your body is your problem, and don’t make it mine).

It’s still THE fuel that drives the music industry. You name the act, I don’t care if it’s a top country act, pop act, oldy moldies, new rising rawk star, the crew is most definitely doing it, to maintain the tour schedule, they’re doing it in the recording studios, and most of the acts are doing it. I see it. It never went away. Young bands and crew dabble with meth, coke appears with success and fame, it’s expected and a status symbol. Older guys making a comeback rely on it to force their 40+ year old bodies keep up with hectic touring that wears out 20-somethings. Bands that have been around forever that everyone knows are held together by speed or coke. You can judge a band’s success by what’s being used backstage - just starting out/barely making it beer and pot, some money coming in speed and shrooms and catering, success better grades of speed and meth and an open bar, big hit the coke dealers come knocking and the champagne is served by the case.

It’s still all over modeling, as skinny waifs with no hips are in, and how do you think those actresses who appear on the cover of tabloids in the supermarket go to 0% body fat after having a baby? Lo carb comes and goes as a fad, many of them are snorting their way to bikinis.

As long as there’s entertainment industries, there will be drugs, booze, cheap women, and stories of excess you will only hear about years after the fact. I’ve seen people who claim in the press to never touch drugs, drink to excess, smoke, or chase women while married - and go right out and do all of that. If they’re actors, they are trained liars and their PR agents insist. Rawk stars are expected to party. Models do whatever they want, and usually do it to excess, but behind closed doors or at VIP clubs where the press arent allowed, no cameras, and everyone knows to keep their mouths shut or they won’t get in again. I can tell you two clubs in Hollywood right now where the current generation of movie/tv actors in their 20’s and just getting big party, and it looks the same as it always has, it could be the 80’s or 90’s.

Like fat people who hide their binges, drug users hide and lie about how much they do, even when it’s acceptable. We’re still feeling the tail end of the ‘Just Say No” pretending, so celebrities and club goers and such hide it in public, and lie about it when asked, but mountains of cocaine come over the border, and it’s not all crack heads doing it. Many of them preach rehab and teh wonders it did for them, all the while still using nightly.

Oh, add politicians to that mix, several drug dealers were overheard braging about how local pols and some national reps were their best customers. Surprised? Don’t be. Bill Clinton I fully beleive was our first “party generation” presidents, his generation used in college, and never stopped, and blown dry hair and suits don’t change their party going roots - and if you find politicians partying, you can never fail to find ceo’s and lawyers and industry types right alongside them doing teh same damned things.

Surprised at drug use? I’m surrounded by it. Please.