Lots of people tend to look down upon drug related art and artists, as if it is the drug and not the artist that is doing the creating. The books Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test both show examples of how drugs can alter ones mind and their ability to create while under the influence. Fear and Loathing was written by Hunter S. Thompson and the book is based on a drug binge two people take in Las Vegas in search of "the American dream." Both people eventually become completely overcome at different points by their paranoia and their hallucinations.

In The Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, a group of people seek enlightenment through drugs such as LSD and peyote. They believed that hallucinogen drugs "open up doors in the mind" which would increase a person's creative capability.

Drugs such as LSD...