Les Jones

Economics > "Cocaine turns out to be not nearly as much fun as you thought it was going to be"

From Marginal Revolutions, some economic research into decisions related to drug use:

A chunk of your brain is responsible for anticipating whether something will be fun or not. Apparently, cocaine and other addictive substances (including spouses, according to Tyler) can fool it - cocaine turns out to be not nearly as much fun as you thought it was going to be.

Which made me think of this story:

As far as working on a journal goes, I am reminded of an anecdote involving Paul McCartney visiting John Lennon and friends in LA during Lennon's infamous "lost weekend" of 1974. Harry Nilsson offered Paul some PCP, and Paul said: "What is it?" Harry said, "It's elephant tranquilizer." So Paul said, "Is it fun?" Harry thought about it for a long time, and finally said, "No."

Submitted to the Beltway Traffic Jam.