It started in the mid 70s, with disco and some of the more sellout bands (REO Speedwagon, etc.), and punk but the 80s killed it. Only Stevie Ray Vaughn was good then...
And I can't think of one band that I like that never used drugs. So it's quite silly to blame any one band for introducing drugs. Besides, IMO, only cocaine and herion are bad for the music. Oh and booze too (though it's ok as long as they aren't drunk while playing, which most of them were, or if it's not to execess, which it often is).
Pot and LSD helped a lot of bands with better music (Beatles in particular).
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