Discusses the history of amphetamines, benefits and dangers of their use, and the controversy they have inspired.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
ch. 1. Early amphetamines -- 1. A historical overview of amphetamines / Lester Grinspoon, Peter Hedblom -- 2. The Japanese methamphetamine epidemic of the post-World War II era / Henry Brill, Tetsuya Hirose -- 3. The "splash" scene of the early 1960s in the United States / John William Rawlin -- 4. A controversial doctor prescribes amphetamines to the elite in the 1960s / Time -- 5. A diet pill addiction in the 1960s / Good Housekeeping -- 6. Speed freaks of the late 1960s / Edward M. Brecher, editors of Consumer Reports -- ch. 2. Amphetamines in the 1980s and 1990s -- 1. The controversy over ecstasy in the 1980s / Kathryn Rose Gertz -- 2. "Ice" addiction reaches the United States / Michael A. Lerner -- 3. Toxic meth labs in the 1980s / Gordon Witkin -- 4. Mexican methamphetamine trafficking organizations of the 1990s / Randy Weaver -- 5. Speed is the drug of choice for pregnant women in the 1990s / Marilyn Kalfus -- ch. 3. Amphetamines today -- 1. An overview of the methamphetamine problem in America / Rogelio E. Guevara -- 2. Methamphetamine is rural America's number one threat / Paul Solotaroff -- 3. The threat of ecstasy / Lynn M. Smith, Asa Hutchinson -- 4. Methamphetamine abuse is an AIDS risk factor / AIDS Alert -- 5. Baseball players pop "greenies" / Tom Verducci -- 6. The sale of over-the-counter methamphetamine ingredients causes controversy / Joseph Tarnowski -- 7. Asia's speed addiction / Karl Taro Greenfeld -- Appendix. How drugs are classified -- Facts about amphetamines -- Chronology -- Organizations to contact.