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Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs - Table of Contents

Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs - Table of Contents
Nineteenth-century America a dope fiend's paradise
Opiates for pain relief - for tranquilization - and for pleasure
What kinds of people used opiates?
Effects of opium - morphine - and heroin on addicts
Some eminent narcotics addicts
Opium Smoking Is Outlawed
The Pure Food and Drugs Act
The Harrison Narcotic Act (1914)
Tightening up the Harrison Act
Why our narcotics laws have failed: (1) Heroin is an addicting drug
Why our narcotics laws have failed: (2) The economics of the black market
The heroin overdose mystery and other occupational hazards of heroin addiction
Supplying heroin legally to addicts
Enter methadone maintenance
How well does methadone maintenance work?
Methadone side effects
Why methadone maintenance works
Methadone maintenance spreads
The future of methadone maintenance
Heroin on the youth drug scene - and in Vietnam
Caffeine - Early History
Caffeine - Recent Findings
Tobacco
The case of Dr. Sigmund Freud
Nicotine as an addicting drug
Cigarettes - and the 1964 report of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee
A program for the future
The barbiturates for sleep and for sedation
Alcohol and barbiturates: two ways of getting drunk
Popularizing the barbiturates as thrill pills
The nonbarbiturate sedatives and the minor tranquilizers
Should alcohol be prohibited?
Why alcohol should not be prohibited
Coca leaves
Cocaine
The amphetamines
Enter the speed freak
How speed was popularized
The Swedish Experience
Should the Amphetamines Be Prohibited?
Back to cocaine again
A slightly hopeful postscript
The historical antecedents of glue-sniffing
How To Launch a Nationwide Drug Menace
Early use of LSD-like drugs
LSD is discovered
LSD and psychotherapy
Hazards of LSD pyschotherapy
Early nontherapeutic use of LSD
How LSD was popularized - 1962-1969
How the hazards of LSD were augmented - 1962-1969
LSD today: The search for a rational perspective
Marijuana in the Old World
Marijuana in the New World
Marijuana and Alcohol Prohibition
Marijuana is outlawed
America Discovers Marijuana
Can marijuana replace alcohol?
The 1969 marijuana shortage and Operation Intercept
The Le Dain Commission Report
Scope of drug use
Prescription - over-the-counter - and black-market drugs
The Haight-Ashbury - its predecessors and its satellites
Why a youth drug scene?
First steps toward a solution: innovative approaches by indigenous institutions
Alternatives to the drug experience
Emergence from the drug scene
Learning from past mistakes: six caveats
Policy issues and recommendations
A Last Word
Notes
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Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs

 

     The Consumers Union Report  - Licit and Illicit Drugs 

by Edward M. Brecher and the Editors of Consumer Reports Magazine

Table of Contents

Part I - The Opiates: Heroin, Morphine, Opium, and Methadone

Chapter 1 - Nineteenth Century America - "a dope fiends paradise"

Chapter 2 - Opiates for pain relief, for tranquilization, and for pleasure

Chapter 3 - What kinds of people used opiates?

Chapter 4 - Effects of opium, morphine and heroin on addicts

Chapter 5 - Some eminent narcotics addicts

Chapter 6 - Opium smoking is outlawed

Chapter 7 - The Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906

Chapter 8 - The Harrison Narcotic Act (1914)

Chapter 9 - Tightening up the Harrison Act

Chapter 10 - Why our narcotics laws have failed: 1) Heroin is an addicting drug

Chapter 11 - Why our narcotics laws have failed: 2) The economics of the black market

Chapter 12 - The heroin "overdose" mystery and other occupational hazards of heroin addiction

Chapter 13 - Supplying heroin legally to addicts

Chapter 14 - Enter methadone maintenance

Chapter 15 - How well does methadone maintenance work?

Chapter 16 - Methadone side effects

Chapter 17 - Why methadone maintenance works

Chapter 18 - Methadone maintenance spreads

Chapter 19 - The future of methadone maintenance

Chapter 20 - Heroin on the youth drug scene - and in Vietnam

Part II - Caffeine

Chapter 21 - Early history

Chapter 22 - Recent findings

Part III - Nicotine

Chapter 23 - Tobacco

Chapter 24 - The Case of Dr. Sigmund Freud

Chapter 25 - Nicotine as an addicting drug

Chapter 26 - Cigarettes - and the 1964 report of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee

Chapter 27 - A program for the future

Part IV - Alcohol, Barbiturates, Tranquilizers

Chapter 28 - The barbiturates for sleep and sedation

Chapter 29 - Alcohol and barbiturates: Two ways of getting drunk

Chapter 30 - Popularizing the barbiturates as "thrill pills"

Chapter 31 - The nonbarbiturate sedatives and the "minor" tranquilizers

Chapter 32 - Should alcohol be prohibited?

Chapter 33 - Why alcohol should not be prohibited

Part V - Coca, Cocaine, Amphetamines, "Speed"

Chapter 34 - Coca Leaves

Chapter 35 - Cocaine

Chapter 36 - The amphetamines

Chapter 37 - Enter the "speed freak"

Chapter 38 - How speed was popularized

Chapter 39 - The Swedish experience

Chapter 40 - Should the amphetamines be prohibited?

Chapter 41 - Back to cocaine again

Chapter 42 - A slightly hopeful postscript

Part VI - Inhalants, solvents and glue-sniffing

Chapter 43 - The historical antecedents of glue-sniffing

Chapter 44 - How to launch a nationwide drug menace

Part VII - LSD and LSD-like drugs

Chapter 45 - Early use of LSD-like drugs

Chapter 46 - LSD is discovered

Chapter 47 - LSD and psychotherapy

Chapter 48 - Hazards of LSD psychotherapy

Chapter 49 - Early nontherapeutic use of LSD

Chapter 50 - How LSD was popularized, 1962-1969

Chapter 51 - How the hazards of LSD were augmented, 1962-1969

Chapter 52 - LSD today: The search for a rational perspective

Part VIII - Marijuana and Hashish

Chapter 53 - Marijuana in the Old World

Chapter 54 - Marijuana in the New World

Chapter 55 - Marijuana and Alcohol Prohibition

Chapter 56 - Marijuana is outlawed

Chapter 57 - America discovers marijuana

Chapter 58 - Can marijuana replace alcohol?

Chapter 59 - The 1969 marijuana shortage and "Operation Intercept"

Chapter 60 - The Le Dain Commission Report

Part IX - The Drug Scene

Chapter 61 - Scope of Drug Use

Chapter 62 - Prescription, over-the-counter, and black-market drugs

Chapter 63 - The Haight-Ashbury, its predecessors and its satellites

Chapter 64 - Why a youth drug scene?

Chapter 65 - First steps toward a solution: innovative approaches by indigenous institutions

Chapter 66 - Alternatives to the drug experience

Chapter 67 - Emergence from the drug scene

Part X - Conclusions and Recommendations

Chapter 68 - Learning from past mistakes: six caveats

Chapter 69 - Policy Issues and Recommendations

Chapter 70 - A Last Word

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