Bøger i Intoxicating Histories serien

A hub for the production, distribution, investigation, and consumption of psychedelics, New York City gave birth to a drug culture that was a fitting reflection of the global metropolis. Psychedelic New York sheds light on decades of psychedelic science, the inception of psychedelic art, drug-infused spirituality, and competing drug subcultures.

At present India is a leading producer, distributer, and consumer of generic medicines. Tracing this development, Disparate Remedies explores the integrated histories of the medical market and industrially manufactured medicines in colonial and postcolonial India, engaging with the cultures of both consumption and production.

Remedicalizing Cannabis discovers the historical ins and outs of cannabis as a botanical product with medical applications. Addressing questions about patient access, the effectiveness of international drug control systems, and the role of expert advice, it reveals how we have arrived at the current classification of cannabis as a medical product.

To maintain morale amongst soldiers in the wretched trenches of World War I, the French army provided regular rations of wine and other alcohol that became a defining feature of French soldiers' experience. A Thirst for Wine and War explores the French army's strategic distribution of alcohol as a method of emotional and behavioural control.