[sushiman]

By the time Jack met the Pranksters , he was strictly on booze . His drug days were way behind him . From what I had read , he wasn't THAT heavily into drugs other than pot for a while when he was writing On The Road .

[tallhappy]

By the time Jack met the Pranksters , he was strictly on booze

No.

He'd tripped with Leary just the same time period.

Kerouac was never an anti-American idiot. He was self destructive, but knew enough to appreciate America and know communism was not good.

[Middle Man]

"...Jack met the Pranksters, he was strictly on booze..."

By the time of his death in '69, his favored combination was brandy with a malt liquor chaser.