High Society: The Central Role of Mind-Altering Drugs in History, Science and Culture Jay MikePaperback
An illustrated cultural history of drug use from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicalsFeaturing artwork from the upcoming High Society exhibition at the Wellcome…
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An illustrated cultural history of drug use from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicalsFeaturing artwork from the upcoming High Society exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, one of the world's greatest medical history collectionsExplores the roles drugs play in different cultures as medicines, religious sacraments, status symbols, and coveted trade goodsReveals how drugs drove the global trade and cultural exchange that made the modern worldExamines the causes of drug prohibitions a century ago and the current "war on drugs"Every society is a high society. Every day people drink coffee on European terraces and kava in Pacific villages; chew betel nut in Indonesian markets and coca leaf on Andean mountainsides; swallow ecstasy tablets in the clubs of Amsterdam and opium pills in the deserts of Rajastan; smoke