Stories
- 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.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Article
Booze and bad behaviour
Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.
- Article
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.
Catalogue
- Videos
Medical mavericks - the history of self-experimentation. Part 1, Anaesthesia.
Date: 2007- Books
Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty / Patrick Radden Keefe.
Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-Date: 2021- Books
Shooting stars : drugs, Hollywood and the movies / Harry Shapiro.
Shapiro, Harry, 1952-Date: 2005- Archives and manuscripts
Dally, Ann Gwendolen, and Dally, Peter John
Dally, Ann Gwendolen (1926-2007)Date: 1953-1991Reference: PP/DAL- Archives and manuscripts
Walton, Donald
Walton, Donald (fl. 1950s)Date: c.1950sReference: PSY/WLN