Cocaine Part 6: One Last Line

Over the last hundred years, cocaine has morphed from a glitzy Hollywood indulgence, to the drug of choice for tens of millions of people worldwide. We discuss the last hundred years of cocaine's history — with no shortage of side quests and indulgences of our own. Later in the episode we cap things off with a report from a very responsible drug user in Las Vegas, and a singularly awesome Erowid poster. Finally, we're giving an update on our mission to get enough podcast reviews that Cheth's Dad will allow us on his yacht (don't call it a boat) for the end of the summer season in St. Barthes.

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Sources Referenced in this Episode:

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EBSCO Research Starters, "International Opium Convention Signed" https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/international-opium-convention-signed

Paul Gootenberg, "Andean Cocaine: The Making of a Global Drug" [2008]

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Malcolm X with Alex Haley, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" [1965]

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OCCRP, "Cocaine Everywhere All at Once: How Drug Production Is Spreading Into Central America, Europe, and Beyond" [2023] https://www.occrp.org/en/project/narcofiles-the-new-criminal-order/cocaine-everywhere-all-at-once-how-drug-production-is-spreading-into-central-america-europe-and-beyond

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Trip reports

Senseless, "Vegas Baby" on Erowid [2012]

Accident-Prone, "Danger to Myself" on Erowid [2018]

Kung_Fu_Fighting, "I'm So Awesome"" on Erowid [2018]"

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