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Author Rasmussen, Nicolas, 1962- author.

Title On speed : the many lives of amphetamine / Nicolas Rasmussen
Published New York : New York University Press, [2008]
©2008

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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
high-speed
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popular
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Amphetamines -- United States -- History
Amphetamine abuse -- United States -- History
Amphetamines -- history
Amphetamine-Related Disorders -- history
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Amphetamine abuse
Amphetamines
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780814777350
081477735X
9780814776278
0814776272
Other Titles Many lives of amphetamine