1976 - A quote from Duke Ellington (who smoked pot every day but could never take anything else) "jazz was born on whiskey, raised on marijuana, and will die on heroin." After the war effort heroin use became very prevelent in the jazz community, most popularized by young musicians idolizing Charlie Parker, who was a notorious heroin addict and actually signed half of his music rights over to his drug dealer in a contract form for over three years.
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