Brown-brown
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Brown-brown is a form of powdered cocaine mixed with smokeless gunpowder (not "blackpowder"). Smokeless powder often contains nitroglycerine, a drug prescribed for heart conditions, which may help combat the negative cardiac side-effects of cocaine. Also it may refer to heroin.[1] It was reportedly given to child soldiers in West African armed conflicts.[2]
Ishmael Beah described using brown-brown and other drugs while he was a child soldier in Sierra Leone, in his memoir, A Long Way Gone.
Use of the drug was depicted by Nicolas Cage's character, Yuri Orlov, in the 2005 film Lord of War.[3]
In 1000 Ways to Die, Tomo, a Sierra Leonean warlord, dies after snorting brown-brown with diamond dust in it, which cut through his arteries and lungs.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Alcohol and Drug Consumption in Post War Sierra Leone - An Exploration Fafo 2005
- ^ Ishmael Beah (January 14, 2007). "The Making, and Unmaking, of a Child Soldier". International Herald Tribune. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/14/america/web.0113soldier.nytMAG.php?page=3. Retrieved February 19, 2007.
- ^ "Trigger Happy". Sydney Morning Tribune. February 17, 2006. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/02/15/1139890808231.html?from=rss. Retrieved February 19, 2007.
- ^ "1000 Ways to Die: Blood Diamonds". Spike. March 9, 2011. http://www.spike.com/video-clips/vrx5e5/1000-ways-to-die-blood-diamonds. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
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