re: Songs That Reference Illicit Drug Use in Title or Lyrics

The Needle and The Damage Done
Neil Young

Already posted Needle.

Master P - Pass me da Green

Most of Alice In Chains Layne catalog.

Inside Looking Out - Grand Funk Railroad

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I don't smoke it no more - Ringo

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That's the "No No Song," and was another Hoyt Axton ditty. Hoyt must've been in to some stuff.

Sam Stone - John Prine. One of the most depressing songs ever.

I always though "Looking Out My Backdoor" by Creedence Clearwater Revival was about tripping.

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Giant doin' cartwheels, statue wearin' high heels
Look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn
Dinosaur Victrola list'nin' to Buck Owens
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door

Tambourines and elephants are playin' in the band
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon? Doo, doo, doo
Wond'rous apparition provided by magician
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door

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Well let's get the easy ones out of the way first.

Every song Alice in Chains ever recorded.

Dead Flowers, Sister Morphine, Moonlight Mile, Rocks Off, Heartbreaker, Before They Make Me Run, Mother's Little Helper-Rolling Stones

The Needle and the Spoon, That Smell-Lynard Skynard
The Needle and the Damage Done-Neil Young
Cocaine-J.J. Cale
Cocaine Blues-Johnny Cash
Cocaine-Jackson Browne
Life in the Fast Lane-The Eagles
Carmelita-Warren Zevon
Kid Charlemagne, Black Cow, Dr. Wu, Razor Boy-Steely Dan
Mary Jane's Last Dance-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd
Under the Bridge-RHCP
Running to Stand Still, Bad-U2
Willin, Fat Man in the Bathtub, Spanish Moon-Little Feat
Snow Blind-Styx
Chinese Rock-The Ramones
Hurt-Nine Inch Nails
Smuggler's Blues-Glenn Frey
High Head Blues-Black Crowes
Tweeter and the Monkey Man-Travelling Wilburys
We're Not Gonna Take It-The Who
Truckin, Casey Jones-Grateful Dead
White Rabbit-Jefferson Airplane
Mr. Brownstone-Guns 'n' Roses
Wildwood Weed-Jim Stafford

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Snowblind Friend - Steppenwolf

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Written by our old buddy, Hoyt Axton.

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However, his most lasting contributions were songs made famous by others: "Joy to the World" and "Never Been to Spain" (Three Dog Night); "Greenback Dollar" (Kingston Trio); "The Pusher" and "Snowblind Friend" (Steppenwolf); "No-No Song" (Ringo Starr); and an array of others, covered by singers such as Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, BJ Thomas, John Denver, Waylon Jennings, Jonathan Edwards, and Anne Murray. Axton also sang a couple of duets with Linda Ronstadt, including "Lion in Winter" and "When the Morning Comes" (a top 40 country hit). His composition "Joy to the World", as performed by Three Dog Night, was #1 on the charts for six straight weeks in 1971, making it the top hit of the year. He named his record label Jeremiah after the bullfrog mentioned in the song.[2]

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Axton struggled with cocaine addiction and several of his songs, including "The Pusher", "Snowblind Friend", and "No-No Song", partly reflect his negative drug experiences.

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"Mother's Little Helper" - Rolling Stones

townes van zandt - waiting around to die
the gun club - she's like heroin to me
lemonheads - my drug buddy
blake babies - train
verve - the drugs dont work
qotsa - feel good hit of the summer
u2 - bad
janes addiction - jane says

"Hash Pipe" - Weezer