I'm certain that Benyon had no idea of how many 'drug' orientated strips he wrote over the years but it comes as no surprise. He always thought of himself as a moralist,  and pointing out  the damage drugs can do, like  destroying lives, deleting minds and killing people. The highway to hell thing becomes less attractive as friends, colleagues and family slide out of the fast line and into a fleet of oncoming trucks. But if you were taking a swipe at rock music you had to include the drugs, drugs, drugs and drugs.

I can remember working in an office where bets were being taken on which rockstar would be taken next by the grim reaper. Keith 'how is he still alive' Richards was hot favourite but Benyon who was visiting shook his head 'Phil Lynot' he muttered. Evidently he had been working on a programme for the Thin Lizzy no Sleep 'til Hammersmith tour and he had been face to face with Phil and seen the problem. He never placed a bet but sure enough Phil, very sadly, was the next to go which upset him a lot because he really dug that double album. He had also been to the last Hammersmith gig which he rated but complained about being deaf for three days