Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
Contents |
The new sensation -- Benzedrine : the making of a modern medicine -- Speed and total war -- Bootleggers, beatniks, and benzedrine benders -- A bromide for the atomic age -- Amphetamine and the go-go years -- Amphetamine's decline : from mental medicine to social disease -- Fast forward : still on speed, 1971 to today |
Summary |
Uppers. Crank. Bennies. Dexies. Greenies. Black Beauties. Purple Hearts. Crystal. Ice. And, of course, Speed. Whatever their street names at the moment, amphetamines have been an insistent force in American life since they were marketed as the original antidepressants in the 1930s. On Speed tells the remarkable story of their rise, their fall, and their surprising resurgence. Along the way, it discusses the influence of pharmaceutical marketing on medicine, the evolving scientific understanding of how the human brain works, the role of drugs in maintaining the social order, and the centrality of pills in American life |
Analysis |
drug |
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high-speed |
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history |
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popular |
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very |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Amphetamines -- United States -- History
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Amphetamine abuse -- United States -- History
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Amphetamines -- history
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Amphetamine-Related Disorders -- history
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History, 20th Century
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History, 21st Century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Amphetamine abuse
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Amphetamines
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SUBJECT |
United States |
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780814777350 |
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081477735X |
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9780814776278 |
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0814776272 |
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