the excuse he usually uses for that is "lol woopsiedoodle, cocaine."  it doesn't make sense as an argument, though, because the fucking thing was still published, implying he was at least sober enough to go down to the publisher's office, hand off a manuscript to the editor, and have the editor read an publish it. it's also not like booger sugar is some sort of hallucinogen either, something that implants thoughts or perceptions that come from nothing.  i think anyone who's written anything, though, knows it's bullshit, because once you actually go down that hole where you're trying to ply your imagination to cruelty, you see that we're just fucking dark anyway. the drugs had nothing to do with it, and king isn't unique in that regard. yeah, not everyone would concoct that exact, lurid thing, but they can come up with much worse.
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