In an accidental way the disjointed arrangement of LQ fits well the topic of this issue, dream-like as it is reading across time and space about people high on various substances. My favorite pieces include an excerpt from Andy Wharhol's POPism describing his NY crash pad where famous artists hung out and partied stoned at all hours. I have yet to read the famous The Bell Jar but the excerpt here of two girls picked up in a soda shop was a discovery of fine writing. A disturbing excerpt from Methland about a dealer who burns his house down while cooking meth than burns his skin off in sheets while trying to save his drugs, unable to feel the pain (till later). Anne Roiphe in Art and Madness writes about the night she talked Doc Humes (founder of The Paris Review) down from a bad trip. Art Pepper in Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper gives an account of what it's really like detoxing from opiates while isolated in a jail cell, unable to sleep or eat for weeks. ( )