Why did the Beatles promote drug use?

Answer 1

The same reason any other bands 'start' - because they like music

Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr were all enthralled by the rock'n'roll movement; inspired by artists like Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly and many many more

In their time (the late 1950s was when they first formed) rock'n'roll was seen as a rebellious outlet for young people, and each member of The Beatles had his own reason to rebel

Answer 2

In those days, everyone smoked because they thought it looked cool. Many years later, George Harrison, who would eventually die of lung cancer, cursed the idea and said that no one knew that it was so deadly.

Answer 3

it was the time the band started fooling with drugs, especially John Lennon. the band went to India and got many musical influences like their famous sitar, and started realizing theres more to music then just 4/4 and 3 chords. Also, when recording 'sgt pepper lonely hearts club band', they were in the same studio as pink Floyd recording 'piper at the gates of dawn' and they influenced each other.

Answer 4

They did not exactly "promote" drug use, they were just not exactly shy about the fact that they did drugs. If you're referring to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, that was NOT about LSD, it was about a drawing that John's son Julian did of his classmate Lucy

Answer 5

In their teen years, like most people. Paul McCartney quit late in the 1980s, John Lennon quit in the mid-1970s but went back to it, and George Harrison only quit in the 1990s, after he was diagnosed with throat cancer.