On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine
On September 12, 2008 in Book Reviews, Miscellaneous, Research
Almost everybody knows about methamphetamine, that demon drug, that pharmacological equivalent of plutonium, stereotypically favored by toothless, uneducated white guys tweaking in trailer parks out in the sticks. Many fewer people are aware of Desoxyn, which is widely prescribed to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). And even fewer are aware that Desoxyn is nothing other than pharmaceutical grade methamphetamine legally prescribed by doctors across the land.
How can the same substance be both demon drug and miracle cure? Science historian Nicolas Rasmussen of the University of New South Wales in Sydney provides some answers to that question - and much more - in “On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine.” Read the rest of this entry »
Drugs in Our Culture: Vintage Film Covers 1960s Drug Use in School
On August 28, 2008 in Medical Marijuana, Video
Narcotics: Pit of Despair - Vintage 60s Drug Film Looks At Heroin And Marijuana
On August 08, 2008 in Video
