Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Part One End of a Century
5. 1 Mama coca 1
6. 2 Cult of the ssri 34
7. 3 The emperor’s new smokes 64
8. Part Two Earlier Times
9. 4 The placebo text 103
10. 5 America’s domestic drug affair 138
11. 6 War 170
12. Part Three While at War
13. 7 The drug reward 179
14. 8 Possessed by the stimulus 208
15. 9 Ideology 236
16. Appendix One escalation of american drug laws in the twentieth century 243
17. Appendix Two u.s. regulations allowing a white market for drugs in the twentieth century 245
18. Notes 247
19. Selective Bibliography 283
20. Index 287