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Brown-brown is a purported form of cocaine or amphetamine insufflation mixed with smokeless gunpowder. This powder often contains nitroglycerin, a drug prescribed for heart conditions, which might cause vasodilation, permitting the cocaine or amphetamine insufflation to move more freely through the body. This, in turn, is believed to allow for a more intense high. The term may also refer to heroin.[1][2]

Brown-brown is reportedly given to child soldiers before West African armed conflicts.[3] One former child soldier, Michel Chikwanine, has written a graphic novel with Jessica Dee Humphreys called Child Soldier, about the experience of being captured at the age of 5 by rebel fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including being given brown-brown.[4] "The rebel soldier who had hit me used a long, jagged knife to cut my wrist and rubbed powder into the wound. They called it Brown Brown – a mixture of gunpowder and a drug called cocaine. Right away, I began to feel like my brain was trying to jump out of my head."[5]

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According to Brendan I. Koerner, the use of cocaine mixed with gunpowder may be less prevalent than reports indicate, as cocaine would be difficult to source during armed conflicts, especially in the African continent. Brown pills that were referred to as cocaine were most likely amphetamine. The first actual documentation of the term "brown-brown" was a 2005 Norwegian NGO report that stated the term refers to heroin.[12]

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  1. ^ "Alcohol and Drug Consumption in Post War Sierra Leone – an Exploration | * Fafo-report 496 Morten Bøås and Anne Hatløy". www.fafo.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. ^ "Utas: The West Side Boys" (PDF). Graduate Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 10, 2017.
  3. ^ Beah, Ishmael (2007-01-14). "The Making, and Unmaking, of a Child Soldier". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  4. ^ "'Child Soldier' author shares hard truths with young readers". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  5. ^ Chikwanine, Michel; Humphreys, Jessica Dee (2015). Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War. Kids Can Press. ISBN 9781771381260.
  6. ^ "Trigger Happy". Sydney Morning Herald. February 17, 2006. Retrieved February 19, 2007.
  7. ^ "Liberia's Psychiatric Wasteland For Ex-Child Soldiers". Mail & Guardian Online. January 15, 2009. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  8. ^ Travers, Peter (2015-10-14). "'Beasts of No Nation' Movie Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  9. ^ DeFore, John (2019-03-29). "'White Chamber': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  10. ^ 1000 Ways to Die: Killing Them Softly (Blood Diamonds). Spike. March 9, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  11. ^ "Killing Them Softly". 1000 Ways to Die. IMDb. 2011.
  12. ^ Koernef, David I. (April 12, 2010). "The Lowdown on Brown-Brown". Microkhan.com.