Again, nothing is black and white and there are obviously numerous situations where taking drugs alone can be fun, healthy, hedonistic, creative, whatever.
I'm talking as a general rule, there are more lonely drug users these days and that may not be a generally healthy thing. For all our misanthropy we are social beings and prohibition undoubtedly gets in the way of this.
When i first started using Drugs i'm chatting about LSD , Shrooms , Speed & E's primarily. It was always a social thing , i can't think of any time where i did them on my own . Of course things were so different then but the social interaction was as important as the DRug Taking & Vice Versa.
I did come of age in a time when the illegal rave scene was at it's peak & in a part of the country notorious for Outdoor free Parties . There were also plenty of really good large scale pay Raves & weekly Club Nights that were fukin banging & only cost a £5 .
When i began using Heroin it was on a social basis as well & stayed like it for about 3 years but i had a job & a extra source of income which was substantial to say the least . It wasn't until that extra income ended that i noticed i had a proper Heroin Habit .
Like people say you don't get a proper habit over night & i personally believe that unless you have used for years every day then you have not experienced Heroin Addiction .
Anyway back to the topic . The only drugs that were used on a solitary basis when i was young was Hash or Weed & even with that we would have monster sessions with loads of people.
So yeah i agree with SHM about a generation of lonely Drug Users , but maybe the don't know anything else ?
They didn't seem too keen on the Baxtercaine (eph)that just fucked their noses up and made them sketch out.
Baxter was the scapegoat i rekon . There were plenty of his "pals" singing his praises at the start of the film & the very same people were cunting him off by the end .
I would like to know how long period the filming took place over .
He didn't do himself any favors with the Baxtercaine though. I'm sure there are a few people on this very forum that fit his profile .
The couple seemed pretty level headed a bit too level headed for me though . It was the blood pressure measuring that did it for me tbh .
When i heard he was 21 i couldn't believe it. He was 21 going on 55 in both mannerisms & appearance .