Re: Gil Scott-Heron Sentenced

From: Jason Witherspoon (arzachel@speakeasy.org)
Date: Thu Nov 08 2001 - 01:04:47 CET

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    At 03:21 PM 11/7/01 -0800, David Bassin wrote:

    >>>From: Andrew Wilson <andrew.wilson@nationalclaims.com>
    >>
    >>>
    >>>What a waste of a gifted man. Drugs suck.
    >
    >
    >I remember hearing an NPR story that ran after the last time he was in
    >court and made that promise to return from his tour and check into rehab.
    >
    >The reporter said that when his band was asked why they didn't stage some
    >kind of intervention, they said they were afraid that Gil's creativity
    >might be impaired if he stopped doing drugs.
    >
    >Now, that sucks.
    >
    >DB

    Well, if the guy's managing to tour the world & *still* have his band feel
    that way, could be that his po-po problem is actually bigger than his drug
    problem, if you catch my drift.

    Having said that, white powders are not health tonics. But the War on
    (certain) Drugs is a bigger evil still. And hey, check this out:

    http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,587299,00.html

    In light of the DEA raiding Cali's Cannibis Clubs (& stealing all their
    stuff), just another index of how fucked up our gov't's stance is.



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