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[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 Each gram of pure cocaine (called a bull, short for bullet) cost him between Sh3,500 and Sh5,000 – depending on the exchange rate.
at bull, n.8
[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 When he got back to Nairobi, he [...] found that a new strain of heroin called China White had just found its way into Kenya.
at China white (n.) under China, n.
[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 At times he couldn’t afford the drugs and would try to quit ‘cold turkey’.
at cold turkey, adv.
[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 ‘Coming down (at the end of the high) was risky,’ says Dennis.
at come down, v.3
[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 We would take whisky as a downer until someone told us that heroin was more effective.
at downer, n.5
[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 For a while there is that euphoria, (but) crack can get you so high that you freak out and lose control.
at freak out, v.
[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 I wasted 1985 to 1989 hanging out doing jack (nothing).
at jackshit, n.
[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 It was only a matter of time before he too began experimenting with ‘Mary J’ (Mary Jane, slang for marijuana), LSD, speed and anything else he was offered.
at mary jane, n.2
[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 To get high faster and cheaper he started injecting this straight into his veins, a dangerous method known as ‘mainlining’.
at mainline, v.
[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 For the next few days he suffered the agonising symptoms of drug dependency withdrawal. ‘I was sick and the doctors could not figure out what was wrong with me.’.
at sick, adj.2
[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 He tried a little bit of speed (amphetamines), LSD and even crack cocaine, the most addictive drugs known.
at speed, n.
[US] Africa News Service 29 Nov. 🌐 Cocaine is such a powerful stimulant that most addicts use a narcotic drug to make it easier to end the drug trip.
at trip, n.4
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