Cocaine is a strong stimulant drug. Duke and Gonzo’s massive bag of drugs holds a salt shaker half full of cocaine, but Gonzo spills it when he tries to snort it while driving down the highway.
Cocaine Quotes in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas quotes below are all either spoken by Cocaine or refer to Cocaine. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1, Chapter 1
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The sporting editors had also given me $300 in cash, most of which was already spent on extremely dangerous drugs. The trunk of the car looked like a mobile police narcotics lab. We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers . . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.
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Cocaine Term Timeline in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The timeline below shows where the term Cocaine appears in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part One, Chapter 1
...pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, [and] laughers.” Duke and Gonzo also...
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Part One, Chapter 2: The Seizure of $300 from a Pig Woman in Beverly Hills
Duke and Gonzo agreed and decided that they needed a car and cocaine, a tape recorder, and a few “Acapulco shirts.” Then, they would head to Vegas and...
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Part One, Chapter 3: Strange Medicine on the Desert…a Crisis of Confidence
...time to eat some blotter acid, and then Gonzo takes out the salt shaker of cocaine, spilling most of it. “You’re a fucking narcotics agent!” Duke yells at him. “I was...
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