Gay: I am naive but I had no idea young Gerard was on the reefer
Tubridy: It was cocaine actually, Gay
Pat: Yes cocaine benzoylmethylecgonine. It’s a crystalline tropane alkaloid from the leaves of the coca plant…
Joe: It has destroyed – destroyed – inner city Dublin. Worse than the Vikings…
Dave: Mick Fleetwood told me it had torn the heart out of the ‘Mac…
Gay: I wouldn’t know what reefer looks like.
Tubridy: Cocaine.
Gay: Yes, that as well
Pat: It’s powerfully addictive because it affects the mesolimbic reward pathway.
Duffy: I hear it looks like small-cut diamonds.
Gay: Like a handmade cigarette?
Fanning: More like a sugary paste-like substance. Lou looked at me and said coke brought Velvet Underground to the dark side and they didn’t need to go there, you know, because…
Brenda: I’ve never been offered cocaine at parties. I’m rarely offered any food either.
Duffy: The crystals reflect in the light but it is the light of death.
Gay: I am naive but I really think Dave you should have worn a tie.
Duffy: I am naiver than anyone in this studio but what about the kids?
Gay: As long as he didn’t drive on the stuff.
Etc.
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