Subject: Intranasal Cocaine Administration

        insofar as cocaine use is concerned, i have - after many years
        of foolishly self-destructive behavior - discovered a very
        nice way to do coke. take a nasal decongestant sprayer bottle,
        empty it.  take a small amount of powdered cocaine - 1/4 to
        1/2 a gram - and dissolve it in maybe a cubic inch of water.
        add a drop or two of vodka or other ethanol. stir it. the
        cocaine dissolves into the water, leaving the cut(s) on the
        bottom, a side benefit i didn't originally anticipate. pour
        the solution - a 7% solution, if i may offer a nickname - into
        yon vile vial, and apply to your nasal cavities, judiciously.

        if overfilled, you will get a jet of solution. otherwise, you
        get a nice mix of solution and air in a mist that dissolves
        easily into your nasal passages, with consequent bodily
        effects approximately equivalent to a cup of coffee. this is
        advantageous for many, many reasons ...

        (a)     no waste. you get exactly what your body can absorb,
                and no crumbs clinging to your nasal passages and
                falling down your front. you don't get so much that
                the effect borders on toxicity, as you do when doing
                lines. and you can make a 1/2 gram last up to a week,
                in this fashion.

        (b)     no paraphernalia. this fits nicely into a night bag
                with toothbrush or toothpaste, and is bust-free, in
                the car, on one's person, at one's desk, or crossing
                international borders. no razors, no straws, no
                mirrors, no 'bullets' or little brown vials waiting to
                fall out of your pocket.

        (c)     no addictive sequence. it's much easier to forego
                tooting when using at this level, and put it aside for
                the night, instead of staying up 'til the wee hours.
                and it combines with being productive about the same
                way that coffee does.  ( i have also applied small
                amounts of methamphetamine in this fashion, with
                similar low-impact effects. )

It's really a shame that the Establishment doesn't apply itself to
teaching people how to use drugs intelligently and creatively, since,
clearly, such paths to competence and maturity exist. If I had known
ten years ago what I have learned through much reading and thinking, I
would have saved myself a lot of money, and, more importantly, a lot
of grief and self-destructive behavior which I have, fortunately,
survived.