What are the motifs in Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger?

Drugs and alcohol are a motif in this book. Drugs have become synonymous with the Hollywood lifestyle. Even during Prohibition, alcohol was a big part of the scene from champagne baths to bath tub gin. The Hollywood set had its own bootleggers and drug suppliers right on the studio lots. In addition to alcohol, which was used freely by many industry people, cocaine, heroin and amphetamines were extremely popular.