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William S Burroughs

“To say it country simple, most folks enjoy junk”: William S Burroughs on addiction, rehab and Opium Jones

On the centenary of his birth, we republish William S Burroughs's 1966 New Statesman essay on apomorphine, the drug which helped him kick his heroin habit…

By William S Burroughs

“To say it country simple, most folks enjoy junk”: William S Burroughs on addiction, rehab and Opium Jones

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