The sources are listed in their order of appearance.
1. Nazi use of Pervitin has been widely known for over seventy years. Howard Smith, Last Train from Berlin (1942).
2. Methamphetamine is a type of amphetamine that
has essentially the same effect on the central nervous system as
dextroamphetamine. Daniel Perrine, Chemistry of Mind-Altering Drugs
(1996), p. 196, and Matthew Kirkpatrick, et al., "Comparison of
Intranasal Methamphetamine and d-amphetamine Self-Administration by
Humans," Addiction, Apr. 2012, 107(4).
3. During the Second World War over
72 million “energy tablets” were dispersed to the British military, and
an even larger amount went to the US forces. Richard Davenport-Hines, The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics (2002), p. 308.
4. Amphetamines assisted in stopping Erwin “The Desert Fox” Rommel. Nicolas Rasmussen, On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine (2008), pp. 69-70.
5. Ironically, the American military went with amphetamines instead of methamphetamines because the former provided a better “subjective lift in mood.” Nicolas Rasmussen, On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine (2008), p. 82.
6. Vietnam usage. Nicolas Rasmussen, On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine (2008), p. 84.
7. President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Max Jacobsen.
Boyce Rensberger, "Amphetamines Used by a Physician to Lift Modds of
Famous Patients," New York Times, 4 Dec. 1972.
8. Edward M. Brecher. Edward M. Brecher, Licit and Illicit Drugs (1972), p. 281, as quoted in Jacob Sullum, Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use (2003), p. 208.
9. Over 50,000 Mexican deaths. “Drug Violence in Mexico,” Trans-Border Institute, U. of San Diego, Mar. 2012. LINK [PDF]
10. Black incarceration rates.
Michael Tonry and Matthew Melewski, “The Malign Effects of Drug and
Crime Control Policies on Black Americans,” Crime and Justice, 2008, 37(1). LINK [PDF]
11. Erosion of the Bill of Rights. James Gray, Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs (2001), p. 95.
