Last updated: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
RICHARDS: 'QUALITY OF DRUGS IS TERRIBLE NOW'
Veteran wildman KEITH RICHARDS claims the only reason he no longer takes drugs is because they are now of a low quality.
Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones performing in concert at the Millennium Stadium. Cardiff, Wales- 29.08.06
The BROWN SUGAR guitarist was a heroin addict for most of the 1970s and remains rock's most celebrated survivor.
However, the 62-year-old is less-than-impressed with contemporary narcotics.
He says, "I really think the quality's gone down.
"All they do is try and take the high out of everything. I don't like the way they're working on the brain area instead of just through the blood system.
"That's why I don't take them any more. And you're talking to a person who knows his drugs."
However, Richards admits to sampling morphine again in hospital, following brain surgery after he fell out of a tree while on holiday in Fiji in April (06).
He adds, "I don't take drugs unless I have to under great duress with my brain open.
"I've had a couple of weeks on morphine. I did try to squeeze the little bit extra out of the night nurse. She was very accommodating."
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Source: WENN
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