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Acknowledgments | |
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Editor's Note | |
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Alcohol | |
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Introduction | |
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Alcohol in the British Colonies in America | |
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The Evolution of Prohibition in the United States | |
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A British Argument against Distilled Alcohol | |
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A Friendly Admonition to the Drinkers of Brandy and Other Distilled Spirituous Liquors | |
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British and U.S. Physicians on the Dangers of Alcohol | |
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Petition to the House of Commons | |
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Deleterious Effects of Distilled Spirits on the Human System | |
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An Esteemed Physician Encourages First Temperance Movement | |
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An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind | |
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A Powerful Statement against All Alcohol by a Distinguished Preacher | |
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Six Sermons on the Nature, Occasions, Signs, Evils and Remedy of Intemperance | |
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The Woman's Crusade of 1873-74 | |
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Hillsboro Crusade Sketches | |
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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union | |
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Songs | |
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Primer of Physiology and Hygiene | |
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Frances E. Willard | |
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Frances E. Willard: Statuary Hall, Washington, February 17th, 1903 | |
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Scientific Temperance Instruction in Public Schools: A Message of Fifteen Years Ago | |
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The Anti-Saloon League | |
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Proceedings of the 1913 National Convention | |
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Congressional Debate over the Prohibition Amendment | |
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House Joint Resolution No. 168 | |
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Testimony by Representatives Hobson and Mann | |
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A Classic Tract by the Highest-Paid Speaker of the Anti-Saloon League | |
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Alcohol and the Human Race | |
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Is Alcohol Dangerous to the Fetus? Part 1: Yes | |
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The Influence of Alcoholism on the Offspring | |
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Constitutional Prohibition | |
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The Eighteenth Amendment | |
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Enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment | |
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The Volstead Act | |
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A Leading Economist Argues for Prohibition | |
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Prohibition at Its Worst | |
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A Pamphlet from the Association against the Prohibition Amendment | |
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A Criticism of National Prohibition | |
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Pierre S. du Pont Urges Repeal | |
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Radio Speech | |
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FDR Stumps for Repeal | |
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Campaign Address on Prohibition | |
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Campaign Address on the Federal Budget | |
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Prohibition Is Repealed | |
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Roosevelt Proclaims Repeal; Urges Temperance in Nation | |
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Recovery from Alcoholism | |
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The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous | |
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Is Alcohol Dangerous to the Fetus? Part 2: No | |
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Alcohol Explored | |
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Effect of Single Large Alcohol Intake on Fetus | |
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Definitions of Alcoholism | |
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The Disease Concept of Alcoholism | |
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Is Alcohol Dangerous to the Fetus? Part 3: Yes | |
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Health Caution on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | |
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Warning Labels Are Mandated on Containers of Alcoholic Beverages | |
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The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 | |
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How to Speak about Alcohol and Drugs: Government Recommendations | |
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Message and Guidelines: Office for Substance Abuse Prevention | |
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Drugs | |
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Introduction: Opiates, Cocaine, Cannabis, and Other Drugs | |
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Opiates | |
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The Pleasures of Laudanum | |
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater | |
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Morphine Is Isolated | |
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Friedrich Wilhelm Serturner and the Discovery of Morphine | |
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The Invention of the Hypodermic Syringe | |
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A Critical Study of the Origins and Early Development of Hypodermic Medication | |
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Narcotic Use in the Civil War | |
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The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War | |
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Upsurge in Opium Use | |
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The Use and Abuse of Opium | |
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The Benefits of Nonmedical Opium Use | |
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A Treatise on Therapeutics and Pharmacology | |
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The Importance of Prevention | |
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Plea from a Young Laudanum Addict | |
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Treatment of Chronic Diseases with Opiates | |
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On the Abuse of Hypodermic Injections of Morphia | |
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Opium and the Opium-Appetite | |
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Morbid Craving for Morphia | |
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Inebriety, or Narcomania | |
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Morphinism | |
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What Is the Morphine Disease? | |
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Treating the Morphia Habit | |
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The Principles and Practices of Medicine | |
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The Towns Cure | |
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The Obliteration of the Craving for Narcotics | |
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The Burden of Morphine | |
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Long Day's Journey into Night | |
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A Federal Antinarcotic Law | |
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The Harrison Act | |
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The Doremus and Webb Decisions | |
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United States v. Doremus | |
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Webb et al. v. United States | |
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The Demonization of Opium | |
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Opium: The Demon Flower | |
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Drug Addiction as Chronic Disease | |
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The Narcotic Drug Problem | |
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Richmond P. Hobson Takes on Drugs | |
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Mankind's Greatest Affliction and Gravest Menace | |
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No Mercy for Drug Violations | |
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The Boggs Act | |
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The Narcotic Control Act of 1956 | |
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The AMA and the ABA on the Limits of Law Enforcement | |
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Drug Addiction: Crime or Disease? | |
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A Presidential Commission Suggests a Medical Approach | |
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Narcotics and Drug Abuse | |
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Explosion of Drug Use | |
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Drug Use in America: Problem in Perspective | |
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New Laws from the 1960s to the 1980s | |
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The Drug Abuse Control Amendments of 1965 | |
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The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 | |
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The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 | |
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The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 | |
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Cocaine | |
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Cocaine Is Isolated | |
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A New Alkaloid in Coca | |
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Praise for Coca Extract | |
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Erythroxylon Coca | |
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The Therapeutic Value of Cocaine | |
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Coca: Its Preparations and Therapeutical Qualities | |
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Freud as Cocaine User and Advocate | |
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Uber Coca | |
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Recognizing Addiction | |
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Cocaine Dosage and Cocaine Addiction | |
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The Difficulties of Treating Cocaine Addicts | |
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The Treatment of Chronic Cocaine Poisoning, or Cocaino-Mania | |
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Investigating Drug Abuse | |
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Report on Cocaine | |
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Cocaine Defined as Social Menace | |
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The Cocain Habit (1900) | |
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The Cocain Habit (1901) | |
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The Drug-Habit Menace in the South | |
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The Shanghai Commission's Recommendations on Cocaine | |
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Report on the International Opium Commission and on the Opium Problem as Seen within the United States | |
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Cocaine Use Diminishes in the 1930s | |
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Report of the Mayor's Committee on Drug Addiction | |
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Cocaine Returns in the 1970s | |
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White Paper on Drug Abuse | |
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The Social Drug | |
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The Cocaine Scene | |
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The Danger of Cocaine | |
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Coke Kills | |
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Trying to Say "No" | |
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Reagan: Drugs Are the "No. 1" Problem | |
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The Crack Epidemic | |
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Testimony before the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control | |
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"Coca Paste" and "Free Base" | |
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Cannabis | |
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Hashish | |
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The Hasheesh Eater | |
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Physiological Effects and Dangers of Cannabis Use | |
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An Essay on Hasheesh | |
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Hemp Growing for Farmers | |
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Definition of Cannabis | |
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Drug Plants under Cultivation | |
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Vipers in the Jazz Age and After | |
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Really the Blues | |
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Tea for a Viper | |
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The Government Response | |
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Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, 1931 | |
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Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, 1933 | |
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Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, 1937 | |
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Marijuana Comes under Federal Control | |
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The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 | |
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The Danger of Marijuana | |
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Marijuana: Assassin of Youth | |
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Clinical Observations of Marijuana Users | |
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Marihuana: A Psychiatric Study | |
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The La Guardia Report | |
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The Marihuana Problem in the City of New York | |
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The Journal of the American Medical Association Attacks the La Guardia Report | |
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Recommending a "Discouragement Policy" | |
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Marijuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding | |
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Long-Term Effects Uncertain | |
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Report on the Health-Related Effects of Marijuana | |
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The Legalization of Marijuana: Hearings | |
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Opinion and Recommended Ruling on the Marijuana Rescheduling Petition | |
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Denial of Marijuana Scheduling Petition | |
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Medical Legalization of Marijuana | |
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Statement by the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy | |
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Therapeutic Benefits and Health Risks of Marijuana | |
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Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base | |
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Scientific Research on Marijuana | |
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White House Drug Policy Office Issues Statement on Institute of Medicine's Report on Marijuana and Medicine | |
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Sources and Permissions | |
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Index | |
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About the Editor | |