A black and white picture of Paul McCartney in a recording studio.

Paul McCartney said many of his contemporaries used heroin, but he feels grateful that he never did. Throughout the 1960s, many musicians experimented with drugs. The Beatles were no different, writing whole albums inspired by their marijuana and LSD use. McCartney knew people who used heroin, including his own bandmate, but he never tried the drug. Looking back, he said he feels relieved he never used it.

A black and white picture of Paul McCartney in a recording studio.
Paul McCartney | Frank Tewkesbury/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Paul McCartney said he learned about heroin through The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones

One of the first people McCartney knew who used heroin was The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones. 

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