Stories
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
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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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Drug sharing in desperate times
When Nicole was threatened with deportation, her mental health deteriorated. Now without a job, a passport or a doctor, she depends on others to send her their leftover anxiety drugs.
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The side effects of lithium mining
Laura Grace Simpkins attempts to untangle some uncomfortable truths about the social and environmental costs of making her medication.
Catalogue
- Books
Drugs - use, misuse, abuse : guidance for families / by Margaret Hill.
Hill, MargaretDate: 1980- Archives and manuscripts
Opioids - use and abuse
Date: 1985Reference: SA/DRS/L/198Part of: DrugScope- 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- Archives and manuscripts
Growing up in America - a background to contemporary drug abuse by Anne MacLeod
Date: 1974-1975Reference: SA/DRS/C/3/1/10/37Part of: DrugScope- Archives and manuscripts
The RAP Kit - a kit of materials to help communities create processes and projects for the prevention of drug abuse
Date: 1975Reference: SA/DRS/C/3/1/10/50Part of: DrugScope