Mario on Drugs?

Admit it, with those funky power-up items Mario takes, at one time or another, you've thought the Italian plumber was on something. He grows in size with a Super Mushroom, he can fly with a Super Leaf/Feather, and a Starman makes him invincible. Sounds like he's on one major acid trip.

He's creator, Shigeru Miyamato could also be doing some snorting/injecting. The man does like to garden in his spair time, so who knows what he's growing. Now I don't condone drug use, but the Mario games are widely regarded as some of the greatest titles in gaming. So this would be the one time where I'd say we should let the man smoke/shoot up/inject whatever he wants.