The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends

Wacky but well-researched unbiased and shamelessthis 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 LSDcats lose their fear of dogs and goats walk in geometric patterns Drugs found in nature from magic mushrooms to St. Johns wort to beaver secretions Celebrities who overdosed at age 27Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin Jim Morrison Kurt Cobain Brian Jones and Jean Michel-Basquiat Imaginary drugs in literature and film from spice the mlange in Dune to Moloko plus in A Clockwork Orange Nicknames for a jointfrom 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 Romefrom 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