Rather and Drugs

"I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I
could do a story about it. The experience was a special kind of hell. I
came out understanding full well how one could be addicted to 'smack,'
and quickly."

"I've tried everything. I can say to you with confidence, I know a fair
amount about LSD. I've never been a social user of any of these things,
but my curiosity has carried me into a lot of interesting areas."
--Dan Rather in Ladies' Home Journal, July 1980 edition

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Rather and Drugs

"I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I
could do a story about it. The experience was a special kind of hell. I
came out understanding full well how one could be addicted to 'smack,'
and quickly."

"I've tried everything. I can say to you with confidence, I know a fair
amount about LSD. I've never been a social user of any of these things,
but my curiosity has carried me into a lot of interesting areas."
--Dan Rather in Ladies' Home Journal, July 1980 edition



surely this is somewhat out of context
but it could explain his flashback into Nixon mode...
Carl