Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-347) and index
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.
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