RE: RARA-AVIS: doing crank
Levin, Doug (DLEVIN@DIRECTIMPACT.COM)
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 14:29:04 -0400
Crank is a term for methamphetamine (sp?), also known as
crystal meth,
or speed. I believe Kent Harrington uses the term "crank" in
his book.
It is a chemical stimulate produced in labs, so its production
does not
rely on coca leaves. California abounds in meth labs, hidden in
all
manner of neigborhoods, up- and downscale. Crank, a sort of
working
man's cocaine, is also a white powder, usually snorted, though
also
smokable and, I imagine, injectable. It is also a drug of
choice among
bikers and, I believe, among truckers. Not that I know much of
anything
about such sordid stuff. Someone once told me that he didn't
meet a
single woman in Indianapolis who didn't do crank, but I have no
outside
confirmation on this assertion (apologies to hoosiers).
Doug
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