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Basuco is the term used for cocaine paste in Colombia. Basuco is derived from the Spanish word for trash (basura), literally meaning "dirty trash" (of cocaine), referring to the paste left at the bottom of a barrel after cocaine production.
A recent trend of hyper-violent narcocorridos has been labeled Movimiento alterado, a Spanish term translated as Agitated movement or the Altered movement, [12] The name is a reference to the physiological effect of cocaine consumption, an altered state of mind.
Cocaine (from French cocaïne, from Spanish coca, ultimately from Quechua kúka) [13] is a tropane alkaloid that acts as a central nervous system stimulant.As an extract, it is mainly used recreationally and often illegally for its euphoric and rewarding effects.
The etymology of the word itself immediately confirms its genuinely Peninsular Spanish origins and preponderance, as opposed to other profanities perhaps more linked to Latin America: it is the combination of the Caló jili, usually translated as "candid", "silly" or "idiot", and a word which according to different sources is either polla ...
Spanish police said Wednesday that they had seized 13 tons of cocaine -- the country's largest-ever haul of the drug -- and made one arrest. Police and customs agents intercepted the cocaine in ...
Narcoculture in Mexico is a subculture that has grown as a result of the strong presence of the various drug cartels throughout Mexico. In the same way that other subcultures around the world that are related to crime and drug use (for example the Scottish neds [1] [2] and European hooligans, [3] [4] [5] or the American street-gangstas, cholos, and outlaw bikers), [6] Mexican narco culture has ...
The movie takes its title from the Spanish translation of the word "freaky." A coming-of-age movie with a dramatic punk rock twist has a storyline that may sound unreal, but it's based on true ...
Dope, a slang word for a euphoria-producing drug, particularly: Cocaine; Cannabis (drug) Heroin; Opioid; DOPE, or 1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine, a phospholipid; Discrete optimized protein energy, a method of assessing homology models in protein structure prediction