{"product_id":"9780452289918","title":"The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends: A Very Trippy Miscellany","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNiermann, Ingo; Sack, Adriano\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlume\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/26\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eWacky but well-researched, unbiased and shameless, this informational book about drugs dares to take readers on a long, strange trivia trip.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Following in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Book of Useless Information\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends\u003c\/i\u003e 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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e • The test results of animals on LSD—cats lose their fear of dogs, and goats walk in geometric patterns\u003cbr\u003e • Drugs found in nature, from magic mushrooms to St. John’s wort to beaver secretions\u003cbr\u003e • Celebrities who overdosed at age 27—Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones, and Jean Michel-Basquiat\u003cbr\u003e • Imaginary drugs in literature and film, from spice the mélange in \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e to Moloko plus in \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e • Nicknames for a joint—from doobie to giggly stick to Mr. Boom Bizzle\u003cbr\u003e • The global percentages of adults who have used cannabis—.004 percent in Singapore and 12.6 percent in the United States\u003cbr\u003e • The uses of opium in ancient Rome—from treatments for insomnia and epilepsy to colic and deafness\u003cbr\u003e • The most glamorous rehab clinics and their celebrity alumni\u003cbr\u003e • Mini-biographies of the biggest drug kingpins around the world","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43381110046975,"sku":"9780452289918","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780452289918_s600x595.jpg?v=1777307184","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780452289918","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}