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National study shows 10% of U.S. adults abuse drugs
More than 10 percent of U.S. adults abuse or become addicted to drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and amphetamines at some point in their lives, but few get treatment, according to a study published on...
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Amphetamine history (book)
Nicolas Rasmussen, On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine (New York University Press, 2008), including chapter, “Bootlegging, Beatniks and Benzedrine Benders.” Amphetamine was created in 1929.
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US military and antidepressants
Time magazine featured as its cover story the use of antidepressants by the US military as official policy. Amphetamines had been used for similar reasons by Nazi Germany and the USA in World War II...
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On Speed (book review)
Gregory Bowden, book review of Nicolas Rasmussen, On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine, in Social History of Alcohol and Drugs 23/1 (Fall 2008): 91-93. Builds on Grinspoon and Hedblom, The Speed...
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A fog of drugs and war
At a U.S. military court-martial, the voluntary consumption of alcohol as a mitigating factor went in favor of the defendant – a U.S. military pilot. Not Guilty! Here’s the link to the LA Times...
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Drug-related deaths in Nova Scotia, 2007-2010
Sharon Ling, “Trend Analysis on Drug-Related Deaths in Nova Scotia: A Study on Prescription and Illicit Drugs,” Canadian Journal of Addiction Medicine 4, no. 1 (February 2013): 11–17. Observes that the...
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The Allies’ Use of Amphetamine During World War II
Nicolas Rasmussen, “Medical Science and the Military: The Allies’ Use of Amphetamine During World War II,” Journal of Interdisciplinary History 42, no. 2 (2011): 205–233. Concludes that the “grounds on...
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Synthetic amphetamine
Henry K. Lee reports today for SFGate on a death possibly caused by an overdose on a synthetic aphetamine, “DOC,” in California. 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-chloroamphetamine is “a psychedelic drug similar to LSD...
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On participant-observer studies of the drug scene in 1970s Vancouver,...
Marquis, Greg. “Constructing an Urban Drug Ecology in 1970s Canada.” Urban History Review / Revue d’Histoire Urbaine 42, no. 1 (Fall 2013): 27–40. Examines unpublished “participant-observer studies of...
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Study of Illicit Drug Use in Slovakia Based on Wastewater Analysis (article)
Mackulak, T., J. Skubak, R. Grabic, J. Ryba, L. Birosova, G. Fedorova, V. Spalkova, and I. Bodik. “National Study of Illicit Drug Use in Slovakia Based on Wastewater Analysis.” Science of the Total...
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Hookah use among college students (article)
Goodwin, R. D., A. Grinberg, J. Shapiro, D. Keith, M. P. McNeil, F. Taha, B. Jiang, and C. L. Hart. “Hookah Use among College Students: Prevalence, Drug Use, and Mental Health.” Drug and Alcohol...
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Alcohol and Drug Use by Random Motor Vehicle Drivers in Brazil and Norway...
Gjerde, H., T. R. Sousa, R. De Boni, A. S. Christophersen, R. P. Limberger, I. Zancanaro, E. L. Oiestad, P. T. Normann, J. Morland, and F. Pechansky. “A Comparison of Alcohol and Drug Use by Random...
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Hitler’s hidden drug habit
Hitler’s Hidden Drug Habit: Secret History (documentary at British Channel 4, Sunday, October 19, 2014). Based on records of Hitler’s personal physician....
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