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From: smeier@ihu1h.UUCP (s. meier)
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Subject: Re: Tripping and the Dead
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Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 13:42:06 EST
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> Of all the unwarranted sterotypes, drugged out deadheadism is Certainly
> NOT in those.  Drugs permeate the deadhead way and always have!!
> I suggest you read the Electric Koolaid Acid Test by Ken Kesey.
> For god's sake, if anything, then deadhead => drugs.
> 
> Having known many deadheads, the only true deadheads (ranked by thier
> peers) have always had excessive recreational tendencies.
> Granted that many different kinds of music induce states of mind,
> but there is no way to escape the Dead's associations with drugs.

Come on, what's this "true deadhead" crap?  Deadheads are as eclectic as
the Dead's music.  There are no tests to pass, no requirements to join, no
standards to maintain.  Anyone who enjoys the music can consider
themselves "deadheads".  To *most* of us, it doesn't matter whether or
not you use drugs, or whether you go to concerts only in your home town,
or anything else at all.  Sure, many deadheads use recreational drugs, but
that certainly does not make either implication valid (deadhead==>drugs or
drugs==>deadhead).  Yes, the Dead have an association with drugs, but
that has little to do with many deadheads' enjoyment of their music.
Steve Meier.