On Speed : : From Benzedrine to Adderall / / Nicolas Rasmussen.
Life in the Fast Lane: The author on the CHE 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 an...
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Rasmussen, Nicolas, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut On Speed : From Benzedrine to Adderall / Nicolas Rasmussen. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2008] ©2008 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The New Sensation -- 2 Benzedrine -- 3 Speed and Total War -- 4 Bootleggers, Beatniks, and Benzedrine Benders -- 5 A Bromide for the Atomic Age -- 6 Amphetamine and the Go-Go Years -- 7 Amphetamine’s Decline -- 8 Fast Forward -- Conclusion -- Notes -- List of Archival Sources -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Life in the Fast Lane: The author on the CHE 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. Above all, however, this is a highly readable biography of a very popular drug. And it is a riveting story. Incorporating extensive new research, On Speed describes the ups and downs (fittingly, there are mostly ups) in the history of amphetamines, and their remarkable pervasiveness. For example, at the same time that amphetamines were becoming part of the diet of many GIs in World War II, an amphetamine-abusing counterculture began to flourish among civilians. In the 1950s, psychiatrists and family doctors alike prescribed amphetamines for a wide variety of ailments, from mental disorders to obesity to emotional distress. By the late 1960s, speed had become a fixture in everyday life: up to ten percent of Americans were thought to be using amphetamines at least occasionally.Although their use was regulated in the 1970s, it didn't take long for amphetamines to make a major comeback, with the discovery of Attention Deficit Disorder and the role that one drug in the amphetamine family-Ritalin-could play in treating it. Today’s most popular diet-assistance drugs differ little from the diet pills of years gone by, still speed at their core. And some of our most popular recreational drugs-including the "mellow" drug, Ecstasy-are also amphetamines. Whether we want to admit it or not, writes Rasmussen, we’re still a nation on speed. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) MEDICAL / History. bisacsh drug. high-speed. history. popular. very. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110706444 print 9780814776018 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814777350.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814777350 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814777350/original |
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