Do you love me, Mary Jane?

"Copperhead Road" - Steve Earle
The rare marijuana song about the supply side of things, "Copperhead Road" finds a Vietnam vet continuing in the tradition of his rum-running forefathers, but switching to a new crop and ominously taunting lawmen with the fact that he may have "learned a thing or two from Charlie". Also - The Wire fans will get a kick out of seeing what Walon used to look like.



"Silver Trembling Hands" - The Flaming Lips
Off the very, very underrated Embyronic, this song finds a woman escaping the paranoia of the sober world via substances known for their paranoia-inducing effects. The cause of and solution to all of life's problems?



"Beetlebum" - Blur
Probably about heroin, but I love the half-melancholy, half-blissed out vibe of this song - angry grunge guitars going against Damon Albarn's soft falsetto.



"Julie's in the Drug Squad" - The Clash
Probably about LSD, but one of my favorite songs about po-po bust paranoia and the fundamental absurdity of drug law, mainly because it doesn't get too preachy about it.



"Sunday Morning Coming Down" - Kris Kristofferson
Loneliness, drug-induced apathy, and weed as a salve. In short - a slightly more dignified version of Afroman's "Because I Got High".