their first top ten record in history, climbing to number six with their song called “Touch Of Gray”. Their top ten hit brought on a whole new generation of Deadheads. Everyone was a Deadhead, from the politicians to the kid next door. Deadheads were appearing everywhere. The new arrival of Deadheads was as good as it was bad. The parking lot scene was tuning into a mob, rather than a family. The authorities started arriving under cover in the parking lots, arresting hundreds of hustlers and people out of control. In result, The Grateful Dead were almost banned from touring in certain states. The Dead felt responsible, so they recorded public service announcements asking people to become more responsible (“Memories” 52). At the same time drugs were taking it’s toll on Garcia and the band. Garcia went from LSD, to cocain, to a potent form of heroin called persian white. Garcia told Rolling Stone Magazine that he felt the band was running on inertia, meaning that he was slowing down. In late 1992, Garcia passed out from exhaustion, reflecting his physical condition. Garcia agreed to get himself in shape and off of drugs, because everything was getting worse. Garcia tried to regain his health back, and he did for a short period of time. But once again Garcia was using heroin. While performing on stage Garcia started mumbling his lyrics, it would pp 11sometimes happen very frequently. It was evident that Garcia was going down hill. After The Grateful Dead’s last shown at Soldier Field in Chicago, on July 9,1995, Garcia quietly checked himself into the Betty Ford Drug Rehabilitation Center. Two weeks into a month long treatment Garcia checked himself out of the hospital. Realizing that he couldn’t go on like that, Garcia knew he had to do something. Battling a reoccurring heroin addiction, Garcia wanted more help. He checked himself in at Serenity Knolls’s drug treatment ...
