Artillery

Artillery

Needles, hypodermic syringes and other paraphernalia used by heroin addicts. The image of an arsenal of deadly equip- ment is typical of addicts' own self-dram- atising slang (as in shooting gallery, harpoon, etc.)

Have you got the artillery ready, man?

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