Thorazine is an antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia. After Gonzo eats an entire sheet of blotter acid, Duke tells him that he will be sorry if they don’t have any Thorazine in their bag of drugs. Duke’s reference to Thorazine implies that Gonzo is about to go completely insane from the acid, thus requiring antipsychotic medication.
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Part One, Chapter 7: Paranoid Terror…and the Awful Specter of Sodomy…A Flashing of Knives and Green Water
...of acid. “You evil son of a bitch,” Duke says. “You better hope there’s some Thorazine in that bag, because if there’s not you’re in bad trouble tomorrow.”
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