From a
Derrick May quote on the subject of
drugs in
dance music:
"So the
kids take a
pill to feel the
funk and the
DJ takes a pill to feel the funk. I don't take a
pill to feel the
funk.
Carl don't take a pill to feel the
funk.
Glenn Underground don't take a
pill to feel the
funk.
Derrick Carter might take a
pill for fun, but not to feel the
funk." It can be found in this article:
http://www.techno.de/mixmag/interviews/DerrickMay1.html
May is definitely anti-substance. One reason he likes playing in Japan so much is that it is damn near impossible for party kids to find drugs with which to alter their musical experience. (this was in response to a question about his work for the Ghost in the Shell Megatech Body CD, during a chat session with him done by mp3.com right before the Transmat Time:Space tour WHICH I MISSED ARGH)
For what it's worth, other noted anti-drug dance music personalities include Joey Beltram, Moby, and Paul van Dyk. By a stroke of bad luck, both Beltram and Moby have created drug use anthems with their respective tracks Energy Flash (featuring a repeated "Ecstasy, ecstasy" sample) and Next is the E (you figure it out)