All your two-bit friends / They're shootin' you up with pills

It is an important observation that unlike the other categories discussed in this book, the true hallucinogens are non-addicting.

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This highlights the issue of toxic masculinity in fraternities: a pledge only becomes a man, or a brother, by enduring as much abuse as he can and by proving his competence with girls. If he cannot, he is not only balled but seen as a faggot (this is a term directly from the work).