Angel Dust

            
            I heard that kids today are drinking whiskey made with propylene glycol, or anti-freeze. Anti-freeze?
            One of the dumbest things I ever did when I was young was to smoke angel dust. I didn't know it was angel dust. I was at a party in the hood, and someone passed me what looked like a joint. I took a hit, and luckily for me it wasn't a good hit.
            Back then, people used to smoke dust and turn catatonic, or just plum freak out and take off all their clothes and run naked in the streets. When the cops tried to arrest them, inevitably, the "duster," would become agitated and turn violent, with super angel dust strength. It took five or six cops to restrain them. The police had to hog tie them by their wrist and ankles, then toss them head first, stomach down, into into the backseat of their squad car.
           I was at a park once when I was a kid, and there was a man sitting in the bleachers. His face was ghost-white, and he was staring into space. I knew enough to stay away from him. Somebody called the police on him. When the cops arrived they tried to ask the man questions, but he didn't respond. He just stared into space. When they moved in to arrest the man he went ballistic. His super angel dust strength kicked in. He fought the cops off pretty good, but eventually they surrounded him and took him to the ground. The man was wiggling and yelling like a maniac. The police hog tied him like an animal and threw him head first into the squad car and whisked him away.
            That was my lesson about angel dust. That's why a few years later I freaked out when I found out I had just smoked it.