Ditto to Survivor's and Beth's comments. If she's in a dark, creepy alley somewhere buying from a dealer, then consider telling us fairly quickly, especially if "the man with foul breath" is indeed a shady fellow.
And, yeah, that first sentence is huge and might be better served broken up. If you decide to keep it, though, consider moving the semicolon after "liquid" and using a comma where the original semicolon is. That would be more correct usage within your sentence; the semicolon can serve as a replacement for a conjunction (like in this sentence). I admit I'm a semicolon purist...
Overall, good potential hook and a possibility for conflict, which is always nice.
[This message has been edited by HSO (edited August 18, 2005).]