Presents a collection of essays that examine the drug, opiates, including information on its medical history, cultural impact, and use and abuse in experimentation.
Chronicles the influence of the comics of graphic artist Art Spiegelman throughout the latter half of the twentieth century and provides a listing of his selected works and awards.
Presents a collection of fifteen essays on the history and controversy over marijuana and addresses issues of legalization, the social impact of its use, European laws on its use, and the cultivation of hemp for other purposes.
Presents a series of twenty-one essays that address the history and development of antidepressants such as Prozac and discusses the controversy over their effectiveness in treating depression.
Presents a series of essays that address the use of hallucinogens such as LSD and other psychedelic agents and discusses their origin, the CIA's experimentation with LSD, the hippie movement of the 1960s, and contemporary views of hallucinogens.
A history of the American presidency, drawing from their personal papers and interviews to provide information about each of the forty-one men who have occupied the office; grouped thematically according to the political climate in which they served.
