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Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
On the American drug binge.
Forget all the stereotypes – drug use is no longer confined to particular subcultures. US Americans are taking world-historic levels of drugs. Benjamin Fong tells us about his new book, Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge, which covers everything from morphine to mushrooms, SSRIs to speed, caffeine to cocaine.
Ultimately, is all this drug-taking about reckless abandon, or about control?
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Links:
- Building Big Things, Damage Magazine, Issue 1
- Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge, Benjamin Y. Fong, Verso
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Who Deserves Amphetamines, Benjamin Fong, The Point
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