William S. Burroughs prediction in Drugstore Cowboy

YOU KNOW, TOM, YOU TOLD ME A LOT OF THE OLD-TIME STORIES... ABOUT HOW YOU USED TO... STICK YOUR ARM IN BETWEEN THE BARS OF THE CELL. THE GUARD WOULD COME BY, AND HE’D FIRE YOU UP A SHOT OF MORPHINE. WELL, THEY NEVER DID THAT FOR ME. WELL, THEY DON’T DO THAT FOR ANYONE ANYMORE. NARCOTICS HAVE BEEN... SYSTEMATICALLY SCAPEGOATED... AND DEMONIZED. THE IDEA THAT ANYONE CAN USE DRUGS AND ESCAPE A HORRIBLE FATE... IS ANATHEMA TO THESE IDIOTS. I PREDICT, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, RIGHT-WINGERS WILL USE DRUG H
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