Cocaine XR: The Ballad of Pablo Pledgescobar [Preview]

We're giving you a taste, a beautiful bite, of what Trip Report Report Reserve listeners are calling a delectable auditory meal. For our first ever Reserve episode, we're exploring aa scandal from an esteemed educational institution of the far east: Penn State. It appears some naughty fraternity boys have been caught up in something of a cocaine trafficking scandal. Oh dear! Later in the episode we explore cocaine use while everyone else is on shrooms and at a "low-grade" strip club probably somewhere in the UK.

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Sources Referenced in this Episode

Sheila Flynn for BBC News, "How Penn State Students Ran an Alleged Cocaine Ring – Until It All Fell Apart" [2026]

Daniel Cody for the New York Post, "13 Penn State Frat Bros Busted in Cocaine Trafficking Ring—Including NY Student at 'Top of the Food Chain'" [2026]

Wickham for Erowid Experience Vaults, "Freezing in Snow" (Cocaine & Cannabis) [2009]

Dominos Corwin for Erowid Experience Vaults, "My First White Pony" (Cocaine & Tobacco) [2008]

Disclaimer

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