Index

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents xi
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Introduction: Beyond Substances In Silos 1
5. End-Of-Life Medicine
6. Medical Heroin’S Return To Canada: Pain, Palliative Care, And Colonial Medicine 21
7. Justifying Junk: Heroin In The American Hospice During Reagan’S War On Drugs 35
8. Laetrile’S Life Cycle After The Death Of Steve Mcqueen 56
9. Hippy Medicine
10. Lsd’S Return From The Wilderness 79
11. Civilizing Cannabis In Canada 98
12. Demonized Pharmaceuticals
13. The “Maple Peril” And The War On Terror: Pharmaceutical Purchasing In The Wake Of September 11 121
14. American Obesity And Diet Pills: Dangerous Drugs On Every Corner 140
15. A Ketamine Conclusion 166
16. Notes 177
17. Bibliography 213
18. Index 241