THE STONES ON.. Drugs

MICK: “Everyone was taking far too many drugs then [in the 70s]. The band should have gone into rehab for a year, including me. But you take the rough with the smooth.”

KEITH: “The hard stuff ain’t called the hard stuff for nothing and you better be hard enough to deal with it.”

RONNIE: ”In the crazy days it got out of hand when it was the base pipe. I used to take it at parties and thought it was the best thing going. It got to the point where it wasn’t funny any more.

“Getting high with that pipe was dangerous. You’d do anything for it.

“Mick said, ‘Do you need a little help?’ and I said, ‘Sure, I’ll give it a go’. That was my first rehab. After doing it for so many years your body thinks it needs it but I can’t handle it any more. It was the beginning of me seeing the light.”

On 1967 arrest for acid possession after party at Keith’s mansion Redlands

MICK: “When you are on acid and being busted it is very odd. It is not fun being busted at all – being busted on acid is really grim. It was a complete waste of everybody’s time. B ***** ks, basically.” On 1977 arrest for heroin possession in Toronto and threat of 20 years in jail

KEITH: “I think the reason I was taking it was how to deal with fame and pressure. I would not recommend it to anybody but it is a rough old world and sometimes you need something to blank it out.

“It was the realisation in Canada that I was jeopardising the band. If they were going to put me away it was bye-bye.

“If I was going to get out of this and not have to [go] cold turkey in jail I am going to go and clean up.”