The Speed Culture: Amphetamine Use and Abuse in AmericaDescribes the popular rationals for and social forces motivating amphetamine use in America and the often physically and psychologically damaging effects of the drugs. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Contemporary Amphetamine Scene | 11 |
Development and Pharmacology | 40 |
Effect on Mood and Performance | 62 |
Further Psychological Effects | 96 |
Effects of Short and LongTerm Use | 112 |
Habituation Dependence and Addiction | 149 |
Crime and Violence | 182 |
The Place of Amphetamines in Medicine | 206 |
The Treatment of Hyperkinetic Children | 227 |
Living with Speed | 258 |
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