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The CBDR - The Drugs of Transmetropolitan

This section is devoted to the various comic book drugs, medications, and similar substances in the comic Transmetropolitan

Alter Gum
Gum that causes temporay multiple personality disorder.
I Hate It Here (Tales of Human Waste, chapter 2)

Amico Guido Vino
Wine, Spider drinks the 1979 vintage.
Bottle on table on Transmetropolitan #13 (Year of the Bastard, chapter 1)

Anti-Cancer Prescription
aka Anti-Cancer Trait
Transmetropolitan #4, 17 (Lust for Life, chapter 1; Year of the Bastard, chapter 5)

Ape Breath Freon Wiskey
Bottle on cover of Transmetropolitan #46 (Dirge, chapter 4)

Ayatollah Cola
Slogan: "It's a Revolution"
Cover to Transmetropolitan #3 (Back on the Street, cover gallery)

Baby Beer
Billboard seen in Transmetropolitan #28 (Lonely City, chapter 3)

Bite Me Beer
Slogan: "Take a Bite"
Cover to Transmetropolitan #3 (Back on the Steet, cover gallery)

Bones Cancer Stick Cigarettes
Smoked by Royce
Transmetropolitan #18 (Year of the Bastard, chapter 6)

Booze Hound
Bottle label: Drink Up
Bottle label: 180 Proof Liquor
Bottle label: I Hardly Know Her
Bottle on cover of Transmetropolitan #48 (Dirge, chapter 6)

Bronx 25
IV Drug sold in bar where Magical Truthsaying Bastard Spider hangs out.
Transmetropolitan #31 (Gouge Away, chapter 1)

Caccavo Guaranteed Quality Tequila
Label: "Made from premium petroleum distillates, pure thalidomide and other fine quality ingredients!"
Contains a roach
Brought by Royce to the election party in Transmetropolitan #24 (The New Scum, chapter 6)

Carcinoma Angels
Cigarette brand preferred by Spider Jerusalem
Transmetropolitan #4 (Back on the Steet, chapter 1)

Chiang
Discarded bottle on street
Transmetropolitan #42 (Spider's Thrash, chapter 6)

Chilean Baby Extract
Taken by the President
Transmetropolitan #21 (The New Scum, chapter 3)

Ciro
Canned beverage
Empty can on tabletop in Transmetropolitan #13 (Year of the Bastard, chapter 1) and in the Collen Doran page in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste)

Dead Celebrities
Chopped up and snorted for "rich depositis of old drugs and crystallized adrenaline"
Transmetropolitan story in Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2 (Year of the Bastard, extra)

Death Stix
Cigarettes on cover of Transmetropolitan #47 (Dirge, chapter 5)

Disconekt
TV announcer: "Disconket drug. Good for you. Real world bad, make sick. Rivers of puke, drug good."
Transmetropolitan #38 (Spider's Thrash, chapter 2)

Duff Beer
Beer on tap in the bar Dice in Transmetropolitan #52 (The Cure, chapter 4)
I assume it's an allusion to the Simpsons.

Ebola Cola
Slogan #1: "The Hemorrhage that Refreshes"
Slogan #2: "You Drink It, It Eats You"
Multiple issues of Transmetropolitan

Ellis Brand Whiskey
Transmetropolitan #19 (The New Scum, chapter 1)

Ellis Hard Whisky
1190 proof
Enjoyed by Spider (and the cat) several times in Transmetropolitan #15 (Year of the Bastard, chapter 3)

Ellis Rock Hard Smoking Gun Whisky
Bottle label: 200 proof. Ellis Rock Hard Whisky is genetically enhanced with time disruptors that will make you like ugly people and have sex. Governmant Warning: We are watching you.
Bottle label: Hard Core. Good Shit. It Will Kick Your Ass.
Empty bottle on table seen on the cover of Transmetropolitan #59 (One More Time, cover gallery)

Ellis Scotch
Transmetropolitan #5 (Lust for Life #2)

Ewok Beer
Sold in the bar Punch Drunk in Transmetropolitan #33 (Gouge Away, chapter 3)

Eye Ball
Draught served at one of the bars Spider Jerusalem frequents
I Hate it Here (Tales of Human Waste, chapter 2)

Fazz XL5
Capsule
Visible on tabletop in Transmetropolitan #15 (Year of the Bastard, chapter 3)

40 Dawg
Alcoholic beverage.
Enjoyed in a 40 ounce by one of the election-eve partyers in Transmetropolitan #24 (The New Scum, chapter 6)

Fountain Head
Bottle held by "Spider Juicerram" in the pornographic parody "I Hump it Here"
Transmetropolitan #31 (Gouge Away, chapter 1)

Freak Green
Addictive drug that turns skin green
Mother: "Well, obviously children are very ill-prepared for accelerated modern competitive society. That's why we had Julian addicted to Freak Green. He has to fight the puppy for his morning fix. He has a wonderfully strong grip."
Transmetropolitan #38 (Spider's Thrash, chapter 2)

Herbal Crack
Shop sign in Transmetropolitan #42 (Spider's Thrash, chapter 6).
(Though given the location of the shop, this could be more an anatomical "crack" than a medicinal one)

Hiroshima Strength Pain Killers
Taken by Spider in Transmetropolitan #42 (Spider's Thrash, chapter 6).

Hitler's Urine, circa 1940
Quote:"It's like...amphetamines, congress with ten-dimensional time gods, wanting to take a dump in my girlfrined's cleavage and needing to see Czechoslovakia, all at once."
Used by Robert McX's assistant in Transmetropolitan #39 (Spider's Thrash, chapter 3).

Information Pollen
a.k.a. Infopollen Outlawed due to the fact that it can cause Alzheimer's-like effects in the old, and psychosis in the young
Spider is dusted with the pollen while visiting the Farsight Community (the "future-tech reservation") in Transmetropolitan #9 (Lust for Life, chapter 6).

Intelligence Enhancers
Ordered by Spider in Transmetropolitan #1 (Back on the Street, chapter 1)

J. McCrea's Armpit Ale
Empty bottle on floor in Spider's apartment.
Amanda Conner's pages in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste).

JB Clar- and Son Whiskey
On Spider's table in Harpoon's Restaurant
Transmetropolitan #27 (Lonely City, chapter 2)

JB Scotch Whiskey
By the couch in Transmetropolitan #27 (Lonely City, chapter 2)

Jimmy Juice
Empty can on floor in Spider's apartment
Amanda Conner's pages in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste)

Jumpstart
Stimulant.
Addictive, may cause constipation.
Mentioned throughout Transmetropolitan.

Kapow
Liquor sold in the bar Fubar in Transmetropolitan #35 (Gouge Away, chapter 5)

Kline Wine
Empty bottle on the cover of Transmetroplitan #1 (Back to the Street cover gallery)

Libido Supressant
Spider orders a case after multiple spurned proposals in Transmetropolitan #9 (Lust for Life, chapter 3).

Lil' Puff
Cigarette
Slogan: "The Smoke Kids Love"
Seen on a billboard.

Liquid Holy Thoughts
One of the attendees at the religion convention (Transmetropolitan #6; Lust for Life, chapter 3) is wearing an apparatus that supplies the fluid directly to his brain.

Lo Cola
Canned beverage
Cully Hamner's pages in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste).

Lovebug
Aphrodisiac?
Enjoyed by one of the hoi polloi in Transmetropolitan #22 (The New Scum, chapter 4).

Mechanics
An addicitve drug composed of chemical code and machine code.
Slowly turns its users into machines, piece by piece.
Transmetropolitan #26 (Lonely City, chapter 2).

Moore Beer
Neon sign in the windowof Bastard's Bar.
Transmetropolitan #1 (Back on the Street, chapter 1).

My Lil' Junkie
Easy to use home freebasing kit.
Mentioned and seen in various issues (including at least one news report) of Transmetropolitan.
Spider keeps his on the table.

No-Baby Pills
Contraceptive.
Can be made at home with the right equipment.
Mentioned during Spider's day in front of the television in Transmetropolitan #4 (Lust for Life, chapter 2).

Old Rot Gut
Draught served at one of the bars Spider Jerusalem frequents.
I Hate It Here (Tales of Human Waste, chapter 3).

Peter David's Body Beer
Empty can on floor in Spider's apartment.
Amanda Conner's pages in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste).

Piss
Canned beverage.
Empty can is thrown at troops during the riot in Transmetropolitan #58 (One More Time, chapter 4).

Please
Canned beverage.
Slogan: "Say Please."
Seen on ads in Tranmetropolitan #6 (Lust for Life, chapter 3) and Transmetropolitan #16 (Year of the Bastard, chapter 4).

Queen Ant Extract
Stimulant.
Downed by Spider in Transmetropolitan #13 (Year of the Bastard, chapter 1),

Regenerative Tape
Royce mentions it to Yelena when discussing Spider's past in Transmetropolitan #16 (Year of the Bastard, chapter 4).

Rod's Brew
Sold in the bar Punch Drunk in Transmetropolitan #33 (Gouge Away, chapter 3).

Rot Bot
Alcoholic beverage.
Drunk by one of the bums in Transmetropolitan #22 (The New Scum, chapter 4).

RPG Drugs
Drugs that enmesh the user in a fantasy world.
I Hate It Here (Tales of Human Waster, chapter 2).

Saint Peter Beer
Slogan: With Salt Peter.
Drank by one the attendees at the religion convention in Transmetropolitan #6 (Lust for Life, chapter 6) — the same attendee who had a hole drilled in his skull for "Liquid Holy Thoughts."

Screw Cola
Slogan: Wanna Screw?
Billboard in Transmetropolitan #38 (Spider's Thrash, chapter 2).

Scrotal Rot Whiskey
Drunk by Magical Truthsaying Bastard Spider.
Transmetropolitan #31 (Gouge Away, chapter 1).

Scuttab
Empty box on the table on Transmetopolitan #16 (Year of the Bastard, chapter 4).

Shamus
Liquor sold in the bar Punch Drunk in Transmetropolitan #33 (Gouge Away, chapter 3).

Sin Gin
Several brands available including "Darrow's" and "Dan."
Spider has a bottle of Dan Sin Gin on his table in Transmetropolitan #13 (Year of the Bastard, chapter 1); his ex-wife preferred Darrow's (Transmetropolitan #13; Lust for Life, chapter 12).

Six
Cigarettes smoked by Matt, the teenage prostitute in Transmetropolitan #40 (Spider's Thrash, chapter 4).

Small Vodka
Liquor sold in the bar Fubar in Transmetropolitan #35 (Gouge Away, chapter 5).

Space
A "social drug" that slows down the perception of time.
Spider: "A drug that traps you in an airport waiting lounge of the mind and doesn't let you go for approximately two hundred years while someone plays an antique electronic keyboard in your ear."
I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste) and Transmetropolitan #52 (The Cure, chapter 4).

Space Dust
An amped up version of Space that is smoked.
Cheap version are cut with Jumpstart (qv).
Transmetropolitan #52 (The Cure, chapter 4).

Spu Brew
Cans worn around the waist by "Pharoah" Jersualem in Filth of the City (collected in Tales of Human Waste).

Stalin Vodka
Used to club a reporter in Transmetropolitan #15 (Year of the Bastard, chapter 3).

Tainted Booze
Thrown by the crowd at "The Beast" in Filth of the City (collected in Tales of Human Waste).

Tar Baby
Elena's cigarettes of choice in Transmetropolitan #43 (Dirge, chapter 1).

Toxic Booze
Spilled bottle on floor in Spder's apartment.
Jimmy Palmiotti's page in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste).

Turbo Lax
Laxative tablet.
Ad on a billboard in Transmetropolitan #1 (Back on the Street, chapter 1).

U Box
Beer on tap in the bar Fubar in Transmetropolitan #35 (Gouge Away, chapter 5).

Unnatural Dead Boyz
Cigarettes.
On the cover of Transmetropolitan #1 (Back on the Street cover gallery).

Vrrp Cola
Bottle on cover of Transmetropolitan #47 (Dirge, chapter 5).

Warren's Wallaby Juice
Empty can on floor in Spider's apartment.
Amanda Conner's pages in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste) .

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