Book description
Searching for the ultimate stimulant? Something you can have on the bus
in the morning or in the ambient comfort of your own home? The latest
User's Guide - a totally natural and controlled experience - is just
what you've been looking for. It contains everything you always wanted
to know about drugs but were afraid to ask: The history of recreational
drugs, a catalogue of natural highs and pharmaceuticals, the
physiological effects, drugs and religion, drugs and the law, drug
customs from around the world, trafficking drugs, drugs in literature,
film and art, famous drug takers, drug slang, urban myths, drug legends
and horror stories, quotations, tales of outrageous behaviour and a kilo
of curious facts and figures. Did you know that- --Scientists have found
traces of marijuana among Shakespeare's personal effects--Victorian
prime minister Lord Rosebery would snort cocaine to help pep up his
public speaking Mike Haskins is a comedy writer for TV and radio. His
writing credits include everything from Smith and Jones and Smack the
Pony to Freddie Starr and Russ Abbot.
