The Glamorous lifestyle of a rock star is envied by most people around the world. These stars live lives we can only imagine living. However, such a life style can have some major flaws to it. One flaw that most of the world knows about is how drugs and the rocker life style go together. Another flaw is the side effects that come with the drugs. Another flaw is that after stardom how the stars fall from grace or start down the winding road to death.As long as there is music to be made there will be drugs in the system of some musician. The most well known group of musicians for drugs is rock stars. The most widely spread drug used is marijuana. And example of some well known musician who use this drug are Bob Marley, Willie Nelson, Art Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendrix, and Led Zeppelin. Another drug used by musician is Ecstasy; a well known Ecstasy user is Sting. Another drug used by musicians is LSD; a few examples of famous LSD are The Beatles, Jimmy Hendrix, and The Rolling Stones. Other well known drugs that have been used by musician are mushrooms, opium, heroin, prescription drugs, meth, and basically any thing that people can get high on. A little known fact is that a large majority of the past presidents have done drugs.With all the drugs that these musicians use there are bound to be side affects. Side affects for marijuana include dry mouth, blood shot eyes, paranoia, learning impairments, and intense, anxiety and panic attacks. LSD is a drug with some major side effects; those side effects include hypertension, dizziness, hallucinations, flashbacks, loss of appetite, numbness, dry mouth, can produce delusions, paranoia, and schizophrenia-like symptoms. Cocaine is also a well known drug with major side effects; side effects include hypertension, nausea and vomiting, insomnia, cold sweats, restlessness and anxiety, damage to lungs, and possible heart attacks. Ecstasy is also a drug with some serious side effects’; side affects include teeth clinching, chills and sweating, aggression, blurred vision, acne like rash, liver damage, paranoia, sleep problems, confusion, addiction, anxiety, and brain damage. And the drug in my personal opinion that has the worst side effects is meth; side effects include lose of appetite, brain damage, aggression, paranoia, loss of social skills, rotting teeth, and insomnia. Those are just a few of the most well known drugs and there side effects, there are numerous other drugs with much more harmful side effects. All we can do is hope that people have the common sense not to do such drugs.Most stars who take drugs eventually have there downfall associated with the same drugs they took. Some musicians downfall includes there death, others downfall include going to jail, a divorce, or just doing something so stupid that the American public can not stand that person. Some stars that have died from drugs include Elvis Presley who died while on the toilet, Curt Cobain, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jimmy Hendrix, Shannon Hoon, and Jerry Garcia. Those star had it easier than the stars that lived because the stars that lived have to suffer with what they have done. Britney Spears used the most widely used drug, alcohol and blamed it for her shaving her head and her fake British accent. Toby Keith wrote the song I Will never Smoke Weed with Willie Again about the time he smoked weed with Willie Nelson. Willie Nelson seems to be the only musician that has not been hated for drugs, probably due to the fact that he is a loveable old man.
Rock and Roll has been a focus of attention for many years. The artists that play this kind of music in the past have wrote many god songs and have been a focal point for many people but not always in a good way. Rock stars in the past have had problems after the climb to stardom. Many soon after fallen off the charts or to some people off the world even faster than there rise. On of the biggest influences on this is the addiction to drugs. Drugs are a big influence on not just the songs that are being written but also the artists themselves. And this is just one of the instances that this happened. If you rise you must fall right? If you are a rock n’ roll artist this is a big deal and will probably happen.