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The CBDR - The Drugs of American Flagg

This appendix is devoted to the various drugs, medications, and similar substances in the comics American Flagg #1-50, The American Flagg Special, and Howard Chaykin's American Flagg #1-9

Acellomine
Stimulant, amphetamine.
First mentioned in American Flagg #1.

Afrodisia
Aphrodisiac.
Used on its own or mixed into Foreignade.
First mentioned in American Flagg #5.

Badanov Vodka
Russian liquor.
"Vodka of choice of Red Star recording Artist Eurydice Khan."
Motto: "Badanov 4 Khan."
First mentioned in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg #7.

Basketball Jonz
Jock-strap shaped steroid pills/breakfast cereal.
Motto: "Make that morning rebound with Basketball Jonz — Sugar Coated Hi-Fi Steroids."
Ad in fictional magazine in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg #2.

Black & Blue Label
A pre-Collapse beer.
Motto: "The Beer for Midwestern Masochists."
Background ad in American Flagg #3.

Black 'n' Bluski
Russian Beer.
First mentionrd in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg.

Chicludes
A pill resembling quaaludes.
A relaxant that can be legally mandated as part of a criminal sentence to control offenders.
First mentioned in American Flagg #4.

Dridroxin
Recreational beverage used in Foreignade.
Mentioned in American Flagg #5.

Fastbreak
Recreational drug.
Mentioned in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg #9.

Foreignade
A drink made from half Afrodisia and half Dridroxin.
Motto: "Puts your mind in mothballs and your gonads in gear."
First mentioned in American Flagg #5.

Gato Blotto
Super-potent catnip.
Addictive (to cats, at least).
First mentioned in American Flagg #29.

Mañanacillin
A combination contraceptive and sexually transmitted disease treatment.
Motto: Kills all VD on contact.
Motto: The morning after contraception and body purge for the open family.
Motto: Put off until tomorrow what you'd rather not do tonight.
Motto: Becaues you never know what's out there.
First mentioned in American Flagg #1.

Pan Africola
Soft drink produced in Africa.
Motto: The genuine article with the black bottle.
Ad in fictional magazine in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg #2.

Pops Truk Stop Pop
Amphetamines commonly used by long-distance truckers.
First mentionrd in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg #3.

Quasi
Alcoholic beverage.
Mentioned in American Flagg #34.

Rococa Cola
Soft drink.
Also known as Rocoke.
First mentioned in American Flagg #11.

Siphogene-K
Potent nerve toxin, generally used as a biological weapon.
Has a limited effect on lower forms of animal life.
Potency is diminshed by contact with oxygen.
First mentioned in American Flagg #8.

Snowball
Industrial strength Somnabutol used as a riot control agent.
First mentionrd in American Flagg #1.

Somnabutol
Recreational drug.
In low doses, it acts as a barbituate/hallucinogen.
In higher doses, it causes instant sleep and is used as a crowd control weapon ("snowball").
Motto: The tender riot ender.
Motto: Official riot control device of the 1996 East Coast Meltdown.
Motto: It's like a wet dream without the hot parts.
First mentioned in American Flagg #1.

Straight-Away
A pill that removes alcohol from a person's system and instantly sobers them up.
Mentioned in American Flagg #38.

Thunder Nitrate Schnapps
Alcoholic Beverage.
Mentionrd in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg #9.

White Lightnin' Home Brew
A pre-Collapse liquor.
Background ad in American Flagg #3.

Zipcodeine
Recreational drug.
Mentionrd in Howard Chaykin's American Flagg #9.

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