"I'm surprised in a way that in order to be a hippy you had to do drugs."

You've got that right Beer, it seems that some of the folks on this thread can't dissociate the term hippy from the media creation of drug crazed, long haired, sex maniacs. Drugs were certainly around but, at least in my circles, they were not a major focus of every day life there was way more interesting stuff happening. Of course some experimenting took place, and that was perfectly normal and healthy (IMO) for the inquiring minds of our youth. Some people may have overdone it and entered the realm of abuse but I feel that is what the media overplayed for the sensationalism market, in fact from what I see there is more of a drug problem today than there was back then.