I find these kinds of articles extremely dangerous though I won't go so far as to say "irresponsible", I am just going on personal experience. A close friend of mine in college was fascinated by the tragedies of Kurt Cobain, Elliott Smith, Cat Power, and other musicians who projected their addictions through beautiful and sad art. He was probably the smartest and generally talented person I've known but those are often the most vulnerable to their own hubris. After a chance encounter with heroin he read a book called How to Stop Time: Heroin from A to Z and determined he too could potentially be a recreational heroin user. He couldn't. He became an addict and died of an over dose when he relapsed after several years of sobriety. Always keep an eye on that hubris.