Mad in America

An American History Of Addiction

Editor’s Note: Kevin Gallagher’s series, An American History of Addiction, explores the changing mindset about the use of mood- and mind-altering drugs from the birth of the US to the present day. All of the blogs in the series can be found here.

1. An American History of Addiction: Ardent Spirits
2. An American History of Drugs and Addiction, Part Two: Immigrating to a Temperance Culture
3. An American History of Addiction, Part 3: Mr. Booze
4. An American History of Addiction, Part 4: “Drugs Are Bad”
5. An American History of Addiction, Part 5: Vietnam, Veterans, and Vermin
6. An American History of Addiction, Part 6: The Reagan Reaction
7. An American History of Drugs and Addiction, Part 7: The Harm Reduction Revolution
8. An American History of Addiction, Part 8: A Turning Point, But Where Do We Turn?
9. An American History of Addiction, Part 9: How I Became an “Addict”
10. An American History of Addiction, Part 10: My Strange Path to Recovery