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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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  • Pills, medication, drugs, a pestle and mortar and a syringe representing a warning about the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and AIDS. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1997.
  • Pills, medication, drugs, a pestle and mortar and a syringe representing a warning about the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and AIDS sponsored by Unicef. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1997.
  • Four men injecting themselves with drugs; a warning about the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and contracting HIV by Spitnacs, Societal Projects Information Training Networking and Consultancy Services. Colour lithograph, ca.1997.
  • Pills, medication, drugs, a pestle and mortar and a syringe representing a warning about the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and AIDS issued by the State AIDS Cell of the Goverment of Tamil Nadu and sponsored by Unicef. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1997.
  • Numbered images and text including a family sitting talking, syringes with a red cross and a variety of condoms representing an advertisement from Laos for education about AIDS, the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and the importance of condoms and safe sex. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Numbered images and text including 2 images of a couple making love, a woman lying attached to a drip receiving a blood transfusion, a syringe injecting into an arm and a group of pregnant women; an advertisement from Laos about safe sex and AIDS prevention and the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and pregnancy. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A young woman aware of the risk of contracting AIDS through intravenous use of heroin or cocaine. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A man's arm holds a syringe that is poised to inject a woman's arm within a red no entry sign; advertisement for the AIDS Project by the California Department of Health Services. Colour lithograph.
  • A syringe with a hooked needle suggesting drugs get you hooked; organised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Consumption in Spain. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A man's hand gripping onto a leather strap used to inject drugs with the message 'remember clean needles'; an AIDS prevention advertisement for the AIDS-Tukikeskus, the AIDS support centre by the Finnish AIDS Council. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
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