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Club drugs / edited by Katherine Swarts.

Contributor(s): Series: The history of drugsPublication details: Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2006.Description: 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0737719532 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.299 CLU
Contents:
Foreword. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. The early history of club drugs. 1. The early days of ecstasy / Julie Holland. 2. Alexander Shulgin : the controversial promoter of MDMA / Dennis Romero. 3. The parallel histories of ecstasy and LSD / Tara McCall. 4. Ecstasy becomes illegal / Anastasia Toufexis. 5. Ecstasy should not have been made illegal / Ann Shulgin. 6. Early medical debates over ecstasy / Marjory Roberts. 7. The ecstasy controversy in Britain in the early 1990s / Matthew Collin, with John Godfrey. - Ch. 2. Club drugs since the late 1990s. 1. Ketamine is becoming a popular club drug / John Cloud. 2. Users underestimate the deadly risks of GHB / Tamar Nordenberg. 3. The club drug scene is growing more dangerous / Sara Trollinger. 4. Rohypnol and GHB facilitate rape / Nora Fitzgerald, K. Jack Riley. 5. Ecstasy is becoming a dangerous street drug / Benjamin Wallace-Wells. 6. A friend's death from ecstasy / Alexander Kogan. 7. In defense of club drugs / Jimi Fritz. - Ch. 3. Medical and legal issues. 1. The 2001 Ecstasy Prevention Act will combat ecstasy abuse / Bob Graham. 2. The 2001 Ecstasy Prevention Act violates civil liberties / Greg Smith. 3. The RAVE Act is unconstitutional / Brooke A. Levy. 4. Defending the RAVE Act / Joseph R. Biden Jr. 5. Club drugs cause brain damage, coma, and death / Glen R. Hanson. 6. Ecstasy is not nearly as dangerous as many people think / Rick Doblin. 7. The controversy over the therapeutic benefits of ecstasy continues / Linda Marsa. 8. The first government-approved study of ecstasy for medical purposes / Rick Weiss. - Appendix. How drugs are classified. - Facts about club drugs. - Chronology. - Organizations to contact. - For further research. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-198) and index.

Foreword. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. The early history of club drugs. 1. The early days of ecstasy / Julie Holland. 2. Alexander Shulgin : the controversial promoter of MDMA / Dennis Romero. 3. The parallel histories of ecstasy and LSD / Tara McCall. 4. Ecstasy becomes illegal / Anastasia Toufexis. 5. Ecstasy should not have been made illegal / Ann Shulgin. 6. Early medical debates over ecstasy / Marjory Roberts. 7. The ecstasy controversy in Britain in the early 1990s / Matthew Collin, with John Godfrey. - Ch. 2. Club drugs since the late 1990s. 1. Ketamine is becoming a popular club drug / John Cloud. 2. Users underestimate the deadly risks of GHB / Tamar Nordenberg. 3. The club drug scene is growing more dangerous / Sara Trollinger. 4. Rohypnol and GHB facilitate rape / Nora Fitzgerald, K. Jack Riley. 5. Ecstasy is becoming a dangerous street drug / Benjamin Wallace-Wells. 6. A friend's death from ecstasy / Alexander Kogan. 7. In defense of club drugs / Jimi Fritz. - Ch. 3. Medical and legal issues. 1. The 2001 Ecstasy Prevention Act will combat ecstasy abuse / Bob Graham. 2. The 2001 Ecstasy Prevention Act violates civil liberties / Greg Smith. 3. The RAVE Act is unconstitutional / Brooke A. Levy. 4. Defending the RAVE Act / Joseph R. Biden Jr. 5. Club drugs cause brain damage, coma, and death / Glen R. Hanson. 6. Ecstasy is not nearly as dangerous as many people think / Rick Doblin. 7. The controversy over the therapeutic benefits of ecstasy continues / Linda Marsa. 8. The first government-approved study of ecstasy for medical purposes / Rick Weiss. - Appendix. How drugs are classified. - Facts about club drugs. - Chronology. - Organizations to contact. - For further research. - Index.