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Well, when I was younger, in high school, I started out smoking pot. Which escalated into taking acid on a regular basis, which escalated into selling acid. And then I started, when I went to college, I started doing opiates.

I smoked some pot as a kid, but I just never did drugs.

I was an art student at the time, like thousands of others.

I was raised to be some kind of artist.

Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.

You know, when I was younger I was into all kinds of art - drawing, painting, all that stuff. But I played drums, played piano forever.

I grew up with artists.

We've been appropriating in art since Duchamp, and we've been appropriating in music since the first person was banging on drums.

I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.

I started painting when I was in high school.