the "inside dope" of outsiders was a one-way ticket to stupidity.


When Ulysses S. Grant lay dying in 1885 in upstate New York, he was treated with injections of good brandy and morphine as well as cocaine. Down in New York City, his treatment was other people's pleasure. Opium to be smoked. Absinthe and laudanum to be drunk. Morphine to be drunk or shot. Cocaine to be shot, snorted, or drunk from bottles of infused Bordeaux or the vials of liquid cocaine extract that Parke-Davis manufactured. And, except for those Chinese opium dens, it was legal, all of it. Some indulged, many didn't. They called it freedom, and they called the bars dives. Now everything's illegal, and they call it freedom.
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous2 March 2017 at 04:39

    nick Tosches, hell yes! Thanks again for your incredible wok here!

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  2. HeySuchAndSuch5 March 2017 at 11:42

    Seconding that love of NT, and your incredible work. AYP is my favorite library, bookstore, and reference source all rolled into one. Glad to see you back posting more hot 'n' ready reading material, and happy to have something spicy to warm up an otherwise frigid NYC weekend!!

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  3. Alan7 March 2017 at 03:22

    Thank you for this. Always appreciated.

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  4. Anonymous2 April 2017 at 18:14

    Any chance of his "Dino"? Great book, haven't read (or seen) for years. Thanks.

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  5. .16 April 2017 at 02:24

    Another vote for Dino: Living High In The Dirty Business of Dreams, please!

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  6. chessman17 July 2017 at 12:19

    either epub or mobi gets me to box,and a file not supported message

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    1. johnnyq18 July 2017 at 22:20

      Chessman,
      I think "not supported" message is for online previews. Download should still be o.k.
      all the best,
      Johnny

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