Aleathia Drehmer: It is well known that throughout history artisans, in particular writers, have used mind altering substances to enhance their state of mind while writing. Keats and Byron used opium. Proust was into ether. Balzac, Rimbaud, Yeats and the Beats smoked marijuana. Leary, Burroughs and Thompson cornered the market on psychedelics. Then there were the drinkers. These were very successful writers and all of them wasted.

Let's discuss what you think the effects drugs have on a writer's work. Do you think it enhances or deters the writers style? Do you think certain types of drugs lend writers to produce specific styles of writing? Feel free to add any personal experience on the matter.

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