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/^t/People of the 80's were far more rationale in their commitment to drugs. They replaced the hippie slogan with the new one: "Make love, not children", and changed their drug repertoir essentially. New experiences and new stronger drugs were highly praised among the young generation. The use of hard drugs such as crack cocaine, exctasy, and other pills had seriously increased. People raised their egos through drugs; they believed that creativity and imagination flourished when one was on a dope. Besides, drugs became popular and widely accepted, so to get a dope one just had to visit the nearest bar or disco. Encouraged by the lecture of Burroughs' "Naked Lunch", Sukewick's and Kerouac's novels young people got themselves high at any occasion because they wanted to discover the desolate spaces deep inside their sub-consciousness.