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- Title
America's First Amphetamine Epidemic 1929--1971.
- Authors
Rasmussen, Nicolas
- Abstract
Using historical research that draws on new primary sources, I review the causes and course of the first, mainly iatrogenic amphetamine epidemic in the United States from the 1940s through the 1960s. Retrospective epidemiology indicates that the absolute prevalence of both nonmedical stimulant use and stimulant dependence or abuse have reached nearly the same levels today as at the epidemic's peak around 1969. Further parallels between epidemics past and present, including evidence that consumption of prescribed amphetamines has also reached the same absolute levels today as at the original epidemic's peak, suggest that stricter limits on pharmaceutical stimulants must be considered in any efforts to reduce amphetamine abuse today. (Am J Public Health. 2008;98:974-985. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.110593)
- Subjects
ACADEMIC dissertations; EPIDEMICS; DRUGS; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; DRUG abuse; DRUG abuse in sports; MEDICATION abusers; DRUG use testing; SUBSTANCE abuse
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2008, Vol 98, Issue 6, p974
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2007.110593