Intoxicating trends.

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    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED Kingdom; GERMANY
    • Subject Terms:
      BAYER AG
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses attitudes toward drug use since the nineteenth century, examining scientific, ideological, and economic factors. It comments on the introduction of aspirin and heroin into the drug market by pharmaceutical company Bayer in 1897. The author addresses fashion's impact on drug use trends. She also explores the regulation of drugs in Germany and reflects on the temperance movement in Great Britain. Other topics considered include the alleged failure of the United States' "war on drugs."