The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends: A Very Trippy Miscellany
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Book Overview
Wacky but well-researched, unbiased and shameless, this informational book about drugs dares to take readers on a long, strange trivia trip. Following in the tradition of The Ultimate Book of Useless Information, The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends is a wry potpourri of interesting information about every conceivable kind of drug. Readers can feed their heads with anecdotes, facts, lists, statistics, and illustrations, including: - The test results of animals on LSD--cats lose their fear of dogs, and goats walk in geometric patterns
- Drugs found in nature, from magic mushrooms to St. John's wort to beaver secretions
- Celebrities who overdosed at age 27--Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones, and Jean Michel-Basquiat
- Imaginary drugs in literature and film, from spice the m lange in Dune to Moloko plus in A Clockwork Orange
- Nicknames for a joint--from doobie to giggly stick to Mr. Boom Bizzle
- The global percentages of adults who have used cannabis--.004 percent in Singapore and 12.6 percent in the United States
- The uses of opium in ancient Rome--from treatments for insomnia and epilepsy to colic and deafness
- The most glamorous rehab clinics and their celebrity alumni
- Mini-biographies of the biggest drug kingpins around the world
- Drugs found in nature, from magic mushrooms to St. John's wort to beaver secretions
- Celebrities who overdosed at age 27--Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones, and Jean Michel-Basquiat
- Imaginary drugs in literature and film, from spice the m lange in Dune to Moloko plus in A Clockwork Orange
- Nicknames for a joint--from doobie to giggly stick to Mr. Boom Bizzle
- The global percentages of adults who have used cannabis--.004 percent in Singapore and 12.6 percent in the United States
- The uses of opium in ancient Rome--from treatments for insomnia and epilepsy to colic and deafness
- The most glamorous rehab clinics and their celebrity alumni
- Mini-biographies of the biggest drug kingpins around the world
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0452289912
ISBN13:9780452289918
Release Date:August 2008
Publisher:Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.1" x 7.1"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Nice trivia compendium
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
This book was an interesting collection of tidbits, anecdotes, and quotes all relating to drugs. It includes trivia about all types of abused drugs, notable famous users of drugs, effects on animals and people, drugs in pop culture media, and history/development of drugs. Overall a very whimsical collection of trivia. Weighing in at only 166 pages of somewhat sparse text and sketches makes it lose a star.
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