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Brown-brown

Brown-brown is a form of powdered cocaine, cut with gunpowder. Commonly given to child soldiers in West African armed conflicts, cite news | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/14/america/web.0113soldier.nytMAG.php?page=3 | title=The Making, and Unmaking, of a Child Soldier | publisher=International Herald Tribune | accessdate=2007-02-19 ] the drug gained notoriety after it was used by Nicolas Cage's character, Yuri Orlov, in the 2005 movie "Lord of War" cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/02/15/1139890808231.html?from=rss | title=Trigger Happy | publisher=Sydney Morning Tribune | accessdate=2007-02-19 ] . Consumed by insufflation, the gunpowder in the drug irritates the bowels which increases aggression.fact|date=March 2008 It was mostly common amongst child soldiers in Sierra Leone"brown-brown" is the krio word for marijuana or heroin.fact|date=March 2008

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