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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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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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
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Blood
Discover the history, mythology and taboos around blood and menopause, and hear from some contemporary voices about their experiences of periods and the onset of menopause.
Catalogue
- Books
Milk of paradise : a history of opium / Lucy Inglis.
Inglis, LucyDate: 2018- Books
This is your mind on plants : opium - caffeine - mescaline / Michael Pollan.
Pollan, MichaelDate: 2022- Books
High Society : 11 November - 27 February : exhibition guide / Wellcome Collection.
Wellcome Collection.Date: 2010- Books
High Society : exhibit captions / Wellcome Collection.
Wellcome Collection.Date: 2010- Books
Bishop Charles Henry Brent (1862-1929) - a retrospective. 'That damned opium mess has started again' / by Karin Pargas.
Pargas, Karin.Date: 1979