On speed : the many lives of amphetamine / Nicolas Rasmussen.

Many lives of amphetamine

New York : New York University Press, [2008], ©2008.

ix, 352 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Errata slip inserted.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-347) and index.

The new sensation -- Benzedrine : the making of a modern medicine -- Speed and total war -- Bootleggers, beatniks, and benzedrine benders -- A bromide for the atomic age -- Amphetamine and the go-go years -- Amphetamine's decline : from mental medicine to social disease -- Fast forward : still on speed, 1971 to today.