Books about drugs?
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SteeleyJ
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Fear and loathing in las vegas
Fear and loathing on the campaign trail
Fear and loathing on the campaign trail
Astavats
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Erowid.org has a section for books...though I am not sure if there is to many fiction books (if any), but it is a start. You should check it out, if you already haven't.
pr0ficient
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These threads always come up and I say the same thing, but here are my favorites:
1. Can't Find Your Way Home - America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000 by Martin Torgoff
2. The Pursuit of Oblivion by Richard Davenport-Hines
3. pihkal and tihkal by Alexander Shulgin
edited, got my have and i mixed up
1. Can't Find Your Way Home - America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000 by Martin Torgoff
2. The Pursuit of Oblivion by Richard Davenport-Hines
3. pihkal and tihkal by Alexander Shulgin
edited, got my have and i mixed up
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Carsick
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The Illuminatus Trilogy? It's got it all, sex, drugs, violence, religion, politics, weird cults and everything else.
Carsick
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PiHKAL and TiHKAL.pr0ficient said:
lazyvegan
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The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
one of my fave books. documents ken kesey and his merry pranksters as they travel around the country and start some of the first multi-media drug parties back in the sixties. great read!
one of my fave books. documents ken kesey and his merry pranksters as they travel around the country and start some of the first multi-media drug parties back in the sixties. great read!
Disco Biscuits - Edited by Sarah Champion
It's a whole collection of short stories about the rave/drug culture. The first story is even by Irvine Welsh (and it's bloody hilarious too).
It's a whole collection of short stories about the rave/drug culture. The first story is even by Irvine Welsh (and it's bloody hilarious too).
Pillthrill
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Junkie - from a book
This is a bit from a book "Junkie" by William S. Burroughs that I finished. Thought maybe some of you would find it interesting.
"...When you stop growing you start dying. An addict never stops growing. Most users periodically kick the habit, which involves shrinking of the organism and replacement of the junk-dependent cells. A user is in continual state of shrinking and growing in his daily cycle of the shot-need for shot completed."
"Ike told me, "You're taking it too fast. Let me mix up a solution for you." I could hear him outside the kitchen crooning over the mixture, "A little cinnamon in case he starts to puke...a little sage for the shits...some cloves to clean the blood..."
I never tasted anything so awful, but the mixture leveled off my sickness at a bearable point, so I felt a little high all the time. I wasn't high on the hop; I was high on withdrawal tone-up. Junk is an inoculation of death that keeps the body in a condition of emergency. Sensations sharpen, the addict is aware of his visceral processes to an uncomfortable degree, peristalsis and secretion go unchecked. No matter what his actual age, the kicking addict is liable to the emotional excesses of a child or an adolescent."
This is a bit from a book "Junkie" by William S. Burroughs that I finished. Thought maybe some of you would find it interesting.
"...When you stop growing you start dying. An addict never stops growing. Most users periodically kick the habit, which involves shrinking of the organism and replacement of the junk-dependent cells. A user is in continual state of shrinking and growing in his daily cycle of the shot-need for shot completed."
"Ike told me, "You're taking it too fast. Let me mix up a solution for you." I could hear him outside the kitchen crooning over the mixture, "A little cinnamon in case he starts to puke...a little sage for the shits...some cloves to clean the blood..."
I never tasted anything so awful, but the mixture leveled off my sickness at a bearable point, so I felt a little high all the time. I wasn't high on the hop; I was high on withdrawal tone-up. Junk is an inoculation of death that keeps the body in a condition of emergency. Sensations sharpen, the addict is aware of his visceral processes to an uncomfortable degree, peristalsis and secretion go unchecked. No matter what his actual age, the kicking addict is liable to the emotional excesses of a child or an adolescent."
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stonedandrolling89
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Ah, yes, reading an excerpt from William S. Burroughs is like a breath of fresh air. I absolutely love all of his writings, and the one you chose is very true. I personally favorited Naked Lunch. If you haven't given it a read, you most definitely should.
Slay
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oh pillthrill, you just read it? how old are you
i read it 10-15 years ago, i feel old lol
growing never "stops" by the way, even old people have cell growth, regeneration etc.
also "replacement of the junk-dependent cells" means no shit imo. im not expert of this but as far as i know every cell has a some kinda auto-destruction system, called apoptosis. all cells are gonna get replaced anyway with healthy cells. its happening all the time, its our life cycle. cells kill themselves so new cells can replace the old ones.
i read it 10-15 years ago, i feel old lolgrowing never "stops" by the way, even old people have cell growth, regeneration etc.
also "replacement of the junk-dependent cells" means no shit imo. im not expert of this but as far as i know every cell has a some kinda auto-destruction system, called apoptosis. all cells are gonna get replaced anyway with healthy cells. its happening all the time, its our life cycle. cells kill themselves so new cells can replace the old ones.
Bella Figura
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one of my favourite books. i like opening it at a random page and just reading it before bed.
Pillthrill
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Slay said:oh pillthrill, you just read it? how old are you
growing never "stops" by the way, even old people have cell growth, regeneration etc.
also "replacement of the junk-dependent cells" means no shit imo. im not expert of this but as far as i know every cell has a some kinda auto-destruction system, called apoptosis. all cells are gonna get replaced anyway with healthy cells. its happening all the time, its our life cycle. cells kill themselves so new cells can replace the old ones.
Well, I'm 21. I read the 50th anniversary edition.
Slay
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dammit what 50th anniversary edition? girl you beat me there. i have to download it rite now!!!!!!
biggerstronger
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I read basically the entirety of the book (it was hard to read as it was what seemed to be a hand copied e-book) and although it is very good for it's age a lot of his conceptions about heroin/morphine/opiate use are just plain wrong. On the other hand many of his conceptions of how the "junk" was affecting his body were somewhat correct. As in speaking about cells, and the medical effects that happen when one is using. (Although I am quite the science nerd and feel the need to correct scientific flaws when I see them. lol.). Overall though it is a classic and refreshing read. Burroughs was a great innovator and influence for writers everywhere although his technical skill may not have been the best he provides a very entertaining and real story about this type of lifestyle. Some of his other books skip around a lot (his apparent writing style) which make them hard to read especially for me.