So... been messin' with that nasty weasel-dust again, eh? Been snorting up all the party powder your poor nostrils can handle? Or maybe you've graduated to slammin' and jammin' the white lady every which way? Or smokin' and tokin'? Are you sprung on dummy dust, AKA whacked out on coke?
Then you'd better read the Cocaine Handbook now!
The Cocaine Handbook is an essential reference for researchers, casual users, and connoisseurs of cocaine, and is a storehouse of up-to-date information about the drug which cannot be found in any other sourcebook, and includes sections about: u Adulterants: How consumers end up paying $1,000 per gram of real cocaine! u Testing: How cocaine is tested on location, at home, and in the lab u Purification: Removing adulterants, and producing the "real thing" u Freebasing: The fad, the burn-up, and the burn-out u The Trade: The story of cocaine's declining quality u Mama Coca: The traditional South American health food... the "Peruvian marching powder" of legend u The Alkaloids: Cocaine, coca-mine, hygrine, and the others and why "crack" should be completely avoided.
Plus, the Cocaine Handbook offers special features, including a compilation of the laws about cocaine in each of the 50 states, and a directory of where to find treatment centers and testing labs, as well as charts, tables, sidebars, glossary, and bibliography. This is the definitive book about cocaine for the discriminating reader, and is highly recommended. Sold for informational purposes only.
"Along with suitable warnings on cocaine abuse and cautions about the dangers of certain procedures illustrated herein, the author supplies much solid information on cocaine's chemistry, the cocaine trade, and various techniques of testing and purifying cocaine."
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