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Claude about to collect packages of SPANK in the mission S.A.M. Notice the resemblance between these and the Hidden Packages.

SPANK is a drug first introduced in Grand Theft Auto III. Produced by the Colombian Cartel of Liberty City, the drug serves as a plot device throughout GTA III.

Substance

According to a Liberty Tree article, SPANK is a white powder that is normally snorted and is extremely expensive, very similar to cocaine which is probably used as an ingredient. It can also be placed up the user's ear and, among more serious users, taken as a suppository (which might explain the name of the drug). It takes a serious toll on the user's sanity, similar to meth. One of the first people to try it was notable house and dance music DJ Boy Sanchez in 1998.

Mission Appearances in GTA III

Gallery

Closeup of a SPANK bomber in "Kingdom Come".

Closeup of a SPANK bomber in "Kingdom Come".
A coffee stall in the mission "Espresso 2 Go!".

A coffee stall in the mission "Espresso 2 Go!".

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 [[File:S.A.M.-GTAIII6.jpg|thumb|[[Claude]] about to collect packages of SPANK in the mission S.A.M. Notice the resemblance between these and the [[Hidden Packages]].]]
-'''SPANK''' is a drug first introduced in [[Grand Theft Auto III]]. This drug is most likely based off cocaine, as it comes in a white, powdery substance (the hidden packages in Liberty City are also white powder). It also shares similarities with meth, in that it takes a serious toll on the user's sanity (as seen in [[Kingdom Come]]). Produced by the [[Colombian Cartel]] and brought into [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] through several ways, the drug serves as a plot device throughout GTA III.
+'''SPANK''' is a drug first introduced in [[Grand Theft Auto III]]. Produced by the [[Colombian Cartel]] of [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]], the drug serves as a plot device throughout GTA III.
-==Appearances==
+==Substance==
-The drug is first mentioned during the mission [[Don't Spank Ma Bitch Up]], where a local thug is supplying [[Luigi Goterelli]]'s [[prostitutes]] with the drug, which Luigi feels is bad for business. As revealed in [[Farewell 'Chunky' Lee Chong]], SPANK is also found to be channeled though the [[Portland Triads|local Triads]], as [[Lee Chong|"Chunky" Lee Chong]] sells it at his stands in [[Chinatown, Portland|Chinatown]]. In the mission [[Kingdom Come]], "SPANKed-up madmen" with bombs attached to their chests attempt to kill [[Claude]] in the [[Liberty Tree]] parking lot, a plan devised by the [[Uptown Yardies]] and [[Catalina]]. Then, in mission [[Espresso-2-Go!]], where Columbians sell SPANK disguised as "Kappa Coffee House" stalls throughout Liberty City. In an attempt to disrupt Catalina's operations, [[Asuka Kasen]] instructs Claude in [[S.A.M.]] to blow up an incoming shipment of SPANK (described by Asuka as "Catalina's poison") and collect the loot for Asuka.
+According to a [[Liberty Tree]] [[Spank Menace Grows. No New Information|article]], SPANK is a white powder that is normally snorted and is extremely expensive, very similar to cocaine which is probably used as an ingredient. It can also be placed up the user's ear and, among more serious users, taken as a suppository (which might explain the name of the drug). It takes a serious toll on the user's sanity, similar to meth. One of the first people to try it was notable [[Rise FM|house and dance music]] DJ [[Boy Sanchez]] in [[1998]].
-In [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], [[Rise FM]] DJ [[Boy Sanchez]] says that he tried out a new drug on the streets called SPANK which suggests that the drug was present at least since [[1998]]. There is no clear, concise evidence that this drug was manufactured before its mentioning in 1998, but it is thought that it, or something very similar, can be seen in [[1986]], as a [[Distribution]] mission in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] may be used to sell a SPANK-like drug to citizens.
+==Mission Appearances in GTA III==
+* [[Don't Spank Ma Bitch Up]]
+* [[Farewell 'Chunky' Lee Chong]]
+* [[Kingdom Come]]
+* [[Espresso-2-Go!]]
+* [[S.A.M.]]
 ==Gallery==