“I bet he shot a million bucks in his arms.”

“Well…well. Bad Bobby Hughes. Imagine seeing you here after all these years.”

Best actor in history and I don't care

Burroughos was really on methdone till he died in real life.

5:28 How long would that supply of dilaudid keep him well? A month?

I love this video despite the poor visual quality and careless editing. Uncle Bill doing his thing here - essentially portraying himself. If Bill ever asks me if I am holding, I really hope I am able to answer in the affirmative. 😎

Crossdressing Iggy oozing pure testosterone, can't beat it!

5:10 The best line ever!! Been sayin it every since lol

I like how someone saw this and said "Yeah he needs a tough guy role in a western"

Due to this liberal lunacy think that drugs is harmless or that the users are sick,the ENTIRE WEST COAST OF AMERICA is gutter of junkies and violent criminals

RIP William I was a heroin addict for nearly 40 years I'm three years clean now , I'm 55 years old it was 40 years of heroin and methadone I reackon I shot a million bucks easy into my Viens I was life support twice I'm The only one left none of my friends who started with me are Long gone My beautiful wife I woke up she was dead in my arms I had quarter ounce of China white I was on the nod she stolen some and I hadn't told her how Fucking strong the dope was My daughter was three months old now she has four children my grandkids I have a relationship with now but if I go back I'm never going to see them again My parents raised her I was lucky I wish my father saw me clean but I was in the Can in 2017 he died of cancer I knew he was dying but I didn't think I would never see him again last time I was Up to see him but I was allowed to his funeral I am Off parole finishes at Christmas I'm going to be happy a

I always wanted to know what was "for squares." Speed of various sprcies, is my guess. If WSB deems it, that's good enough for me. But what is it? That's the line me and my stoner friends used ro always use. Granted, that was weed, greasy kid's stuff, but still...

Such a distinctive voice.

Doc: Clint Who?

100 16th Dilaudid~ huh

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Matt dillions, americns, character's good actors, n... his times 1980s 1990s, today's he's mights had retired from actions, good jobs, performances dillions, you's can acts so well, also matts dillions, happy birthday's, aging artisited 63s yrs old,

Live San Francisco '81 i guess, good show,good songs, still have it on vhs. Some weird sin..sounds like an anthem 2me!! Grtz J. 🐈‍⬛....🇧🇪

100 16ths of dilaudid.

Oh; that bottle of powdered D. I would love to have that in regular & concentrated forms; both appeal to my senses.🧑‍🎨♾️💉

He was right about the "International police" bit. And hysteria is the order of the day..!

Was out of town when I first watched this movie, but it made me feel good to think of Burroughs stalking around Portland in such a good flick

Great shot closing with the curtain ! 👏

I gotta go, good day pusscat 😂😂

Dynamite performance! What a band. Is it just me, or does the bass start out in a diiferent key than the guitars?

Those smooooth unit vocals.....Well...Well.........Luck to have a post card from him .....years back...

We need William S Burroughs in today's world

Watching this now gives me fond memories of the old downtown Portland, such a beautiful place in the summertime. Back when junkies and straights had their own lanes and for the most part the boundaries were respected --- now the utter hopelessness and lifeless void of drug addiction runs around rampant. Its toxicity and osmosis affecting every Portlander and visitor. What was such a great and special place, now merely a husk of its old self.

whats a "croaker"

Every time one of our friends would stop by unexpectedly with dope, all of us would say "God Bless you son, may you go to heaven," as a tribute to WSB. It never got old.

God Bless that Old Croaker who wrote like a major. I bet the junkies finally ran him out of business.

When the patron Saint of junkies asks you if you are holding you don't wanna answer in the negative. However our boy was able to make up for it before the end. The Immaculate Fix.

I still reference the quote from this movie when I stream video games. As he is sorting thru the drugs from the brown bag - "now this, THIS.."

People's idea of a junky centres on a destitute soul lying in squalor in a gutter. Those are degenerates. Tip of the the observable iceberg. Burroughs exemplifies the more romantic side of junky-dom.

That guy will never make it.

Legend legend legend L E G E N D

Such a splendid thing. Thanks from a fading old beatnik.

...I bet he shot a million dollars in his arm💝🙏

This movie was good and having Uncle Bill make an appearance was really special. However my favorite drug movie is The Panic in Needle Park.

I would love to walk with Bill. I think I would walk away a totally awakened.

I was on a Methadone Clinic with Mr. Burroughs at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, he was very friendly and would talk to us and answer questions no matter how ridiculous they were, he would also sign books 📚 if asked, he was a wonderful person and is missed , when he was done at KU he would go to Nichols Lunch and eat breakfast, when he would see me at Nichols Lunch he would always say hello or tip his hat , RIP Mr. Burroughs

"The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate, is anathema to these idiots." What's more true than most realize is that it is the illegality of these drugs that brings about almost all of the negative consequences of their use. Most are simple plant compounds. They should cost pennies per dose. But instead the laws incentivize a black market that makes drugs unaffordable by normal means. You can't score in a timely manner, so you can't ever insure that you'll be somewhere on time for a job. You can't afford what you need to stay well from the wages of said said job, so a junkie is forced into a life of crime to gain money for his habit. Because the drugs are illegal, there is no reliable system for identifying what's in the drugs one is sold, so two shots that appear absolutely identical can contain wildly different amounts of drugs, so overdose is common. If these compounds were regulated and subjected to the laws of supply and demand, their prices would plummet and overdose deaths would cease. But the banking cartels need the massive influx of black market cash to run their fractional reserve system. Without it, the banks would crash in a month's tme.

100 1/16ths of hydromorphone … sounds kinda fun lol

Dilaudid is yummy but " this is for squares " nah! I dont care if its only 5mg. Vikes, no junkie is gonna turn away anything!

Man! As a recovering addict i can identify with " getting a little bit ahead of schedule ", even when i got on methadone ( pills for pain, actual pain). I,d take to many and come up short and sick!

This is for squares, never touch the stuff lol

Watch JUNKYS CHRISTMAS by Burroughs

I knew it was him by the picture on the novel of Junky.

my favorite part in the movie other than the hat in the bed is when hes like "that shits for squares" it always makes me laugh and I tell the same thing to people that offer me vicodin and percocet. pretty good for a murderer LOL

.. I don't see any references here to the Burroughs/Van Sant 7" 45 "Hipster Bebop Junkies"/"Millions Of Images"/"Word Is Virus".. Anyone who doubts the authenticity of WSB's vocal delivery/tone in Drug Store Cowboy will have their respective arses handed to 'em one mind-blowing syllable at a time, should they be hearty enough to take the plunge & peck the above info into youtube's search bar.. Seriously.. Do it -- or be left behind..