Stories
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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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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.
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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
Extract from 'A History of the British Chemical Industry', by Stephen Miall.
Date: [1940]Reference: WF/M/H/01/18Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
Wissenschaftsdifferenzierung in der Pharmazie : die Vorträge der Pharmaziehistorischen Biennale in Regensburg vom 20. - 22. April 2012 / herausgegeben von Christoph Friedrich und Wolf-Dieter Müller-Jahncke.
Date: 2013- Books
Erfassung und Bewertung von unerwünschten Arzneimittelwirkungen : ein Beitrag zur Arzneimittelsicherheit in der DDR / Ariane Retzar ; mit einem Geleitwort von Christoph Friedrich.
Retzar, ArianeDate: 2016- Books
Vitamin C für alle! : pharmazeutische Produktion, Vermarktung und Gesundheitspolitik (1933 - 1953) / Beat Bächi.
Bächi, Beat.Date: 2009- Books
Hemp & the marijuana conspiracy : the emperor wears no clothes / by Jack Herer ; designed and edited by Chris Conrad.
Herer, JackDate: 1990