{"product_id":"the-curious-world-of-drugs-ingo-niermann-9780452289918","title":"The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends: A Very Trippy Miscellany","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 m lange 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ingo Niermann, Adriano Sack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0452289912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452289918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.12h x 5.08w x 0.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 161","brand":"Ingo Niermann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980952961279,"sku":"9780452289918","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc0b4301-82b3-466f-8a73-85e8fa4036a6.jpg?v=1683252856","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-curious-world-of-drugs-ingo-niermann-9780452289918","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}