Drug addiction never made the Beatles commit crimes. Nor the seemingly 50% of other great rock-n-rollers with the same problem. Nor Demi Lovato, Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Drew Barrymore, Jamie Lee Curtis, Keith Urban, Daniel Radcliffe, John Belushi or Carrie Fisher. And these are just the addicts whose drug problems made the news. Others, like Timothy Leary, did drugs and kept it under control.
...his daughter hung herself in jail. Sounds like he was not using his drugs in a vacuum either.
...btw, I am not condemning his right to use em. Just saying it isn't wise. For every person who can "handle it" there are thousands who cannot.

Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!