Duke Ellington
(1899 -1974)
American jazz musician
A quote from Duke Ellington (smoked pot every day but could never take anything else) "jazz was born on wiskey, raised on marijuana, and will die on herion." After the war effort herion use became very prevelent in the jazz community, most popularized by young musicians idolizing Charlie Parker, who was a notorious herion 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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