Stories
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Drug abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation in fiscal year 1981 - annual report
Date: 1981Reference: SA/DRS/C/3/1/10/29Part of: DrugScope- Books
Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty / Patrick Radden Keefe.
Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-Date: 2021- Books
Mothers and illicit drugs : transcending the myths / Susan C. Boyd.
Boyd, Susan C., 1953-Date: [1999]- Videos
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Preventing blindness and saving sight.
Date: 1933- Books
The global pain crisis : what everyone needs to know / Judy Foreman.
Foreman, JudyDate: [2017]