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Index abortion, 59, 92, 329, 376 abscesses, 104 Adamowski, Benjamin, 305–306 Adderall, 370, 371 addiction. See narcotic addiction Addiction Research Center, 298 Addison’s disease, 341 adolescent drug use, 13, 17, 18, 19, 23, 49–52, 85, 90–91, 99, 105, 132, 150–51, 166, 183, 188–89, 191, 192, 203–204, 226, 238, 250, 289–90, 313–16, 340n8, 350–54, 356–57, 360, 370, 378; peer disapproval and, 359, 371; treatment in therapeutic communities, 314–18, 339 adulteration. See heroin, quality and adulteration of AIDS, xiii, 348–49, 355, 369, 375, 377–78 Afghanistan, 374 Albero, Charles “Little Bullets,” 197n13 alcohol: bootlegging, 49–50, 104, 181, 186n5, 217, 226; and cocaine, 356; and gambling, 378; hangovers from, 47, 58, 62, 301; and memory, 34; mentioned, 55, 68, 69, 85, 111, 132, 149, 159, 171, 173, 176, 185, 186, 214, 219, 226–27, 231, 233, 237, 238, 242, 244, 248, 257, 305, 334, 345–46, 370, 379; and migraine headaches, 73; and narcotic use, 30–31, 32, 39n17, 40n25, 58–62, 74–75, 109, 173–74, 222, 227, 229–30, 301, 328, 329, 351–52, 355–56, 373; per capita consumption , 355; see also Prohibition alcoholism: mentioned, 109, 162, 235, 242, 312; and narcotic use, 31, 58–59, 229–30, 251–52, 301, 342; problems caused by, 2, 61, 117, 313n10, 334, 355; and Prohibition, 10, 38–39n14; theories of, 3, 279, 315; treatment of, 331–32 Algren, Nelson, 126 Alvarez, Louis, 313n10 Alvodine, 73–74, 76, 322, 325 Amberg, Hyman “Hymie the Rat,” 93n5 Amberg, Joseph “Joey,” 93n5 Amberg, Louis “Pretty,” 93 amenorrhea, 212n3 American Bar Association, 24–25, 297–98 American Medical Association, 24–25, 297–98 Ameris, Alexander, 8 amphetamines, 30, 324, 351, 352, 353–54, 369, 370–71, 374 Anastasia, Albert, 147n3, 200 Anderson, Elijah, 374 Anslinger, Harry Jacob, 11–13, 14, 24– 26, 27, 39n23, 145, 178, 179, 268, 274, 311–12, 344–45, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 369; alcohol use by, 58; on marijuana use, 23; on narcotic use, 19, 21, 47, 122, 275, 349–50; stockpiles narcotics, 131, 268 A d d i c t s W h o S u r v i v e d 4 0 4 antibiotics, 338 Apalachin, New York, 198, 204 Arizona, 370 Arkansas, 299 Armstrong, Louie, 241 army: mentioned, 60–61, 174, 264; narrators’ experiences with, 53–57, 135, 211–12, 219–20, 250–51 arrest. See imprisonment, narcotic laws Association, The (musical group), 26–27 Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, 10 Astaire, Fred, 236 asthma, 95, 183, 376 Atlanta penitentiary, 288–89 baby boomers, 350–51, 354, 356–57, 360, 371; see also adolescent drug use Baker, George “Father Divine,” 85n3 Ball, John C., 44n66 Baltimore, Md., 267 Barr, Candy, 19 barbiturates, 30, 108, 174, 300, 321–24, 342, 351, 352, 369; narrators’ use of, 74–77 Basie, Count, 67, 219 Batavia, Java, 262–63 Baton Rouge, La., 282, 325 Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, 169 Beirut, Lebanon, 228 Bellevue Hospital, 260, 261 Belushi, John, 352, 356, 373 Bender, Tony, 147, 187 Bernstein Institute, 172n10, 183, 340 Beth Israel Medical Center, 172n10, 340 black market. See drug trafficking Black Muslims. See Nation of Islam “black tar” heroin, 350, 355 blacks: and alcohol, 2, 14, 50, 52; drug trafficking by, 49–50, 57–58, 65–67, 70, 105, 122, 134, 156, 163, 189–95, 202, 212, 213, 215–16, 225, 227, 258, 267, 270, 350, 374–75; as federal narcotic agents, 274; and marijuana, 14, 52, 371; mentioned, 226; and narcotics, xii–xiii, 14–19, 43n59, 47, 50–52, 119, 142, 191, 202–204, 210, 215–16, 232, 241, 307, 310–11, 322, 342, 352–54, 374; narrators who were, 48–58, 64–67, 84–89, 113–16, 132–35, 148–51, 160–64, 188–95, 208–13, 217–25, 232–39, 249–57, 325–28; and prostitution , 49–51, 155, 163, 185, 301 Blythe, Ronald, 29 Boggs Act, 19, 360 Bolivia, 358 bootlegging. See alcohol, bootlegging Boston, Mass., 54, 135, 200 Bozarth, Michael, 355 Bias, Len, 354 Brazil, 371 Bronk, Detlev, 336 Bronx State Hospital, 327 Brown, Claude, xi–xiii, 15, 41n40 Bryan, Frederick Van Pelt, 196n12 Bryan, William Jennings, 39n17 Buchalter, Louis “Lepke,” 92–93, 99–100, 147, 200, 201, 273 Buprenorphine, 377, 379 Bureau of Narcotics, 9–13, 20, 21, 23– 26, 34, 205, 274, 319, 333, 336–38, 340; mentioned, 30, 58, 131, 144, 199, 202, 266, 269, 280, 312; see also Anslinger, Harry Jacob Bureau of Prisons, 298 burglary...
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