Keith Richards off the cocaine

I don't know why celebrities feel it necessary to describe the details of their illicit drug use to the public, but apparently, it's sometimes just the thing to do. Keith Richards recently admitted that he's no longer able to do cocaine, due to some medication he's on after a head injury last year:

Richards says, "Drugs I'm on now - the s**t I've gotta take because of the brain job, Dilantin. Means you can't take cocaine anymore. Which is fine with me.

"I mean, I haven't seen coke for, like, a year and a half. Big deal. Y'know I used to like my little bump here and there after meals. But now I can't do that anymore, so I don't do it no more.

"I still smoke like a f**king chimney. Get me some good weed."

Admittedly, the notion of a "bump here and there after meals" sounds surprisingly civilized, not too far off from taking an espresso after a meal really. And I guess simply admitting to the press that you smoke like a "f**ing chimney" isn't particularly grounds for the authorities to come bashing down your door. Maybe the 63-year-old rock star just needs some way to demonstrate he's still a bad boy, given that his music is the definition of establishment now and his concerts are like watching animatronic pizza parlor shows.