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Madness Strikes Again,” New York Times, 27 August 1996, p. A17; Walter Shapiro, “The Drug Issue,” USA Today, 18 September 1996, p. A2; Wren, “Survey Suggests Leveling Off”; Karen Peterson, “Survey: Teen Drug Use Declines,” USA Today, 19 June 1998, p. A6. Specific statistics are culled from annual summaries of the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse and the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey (conducted by the Centers for Disease Control).

34 Longitudinal study: Jerald Bachman, Katherine Wadsworth et al., Drug Use in Young Adulthood (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1997). See also Oscar Bukstein, Adolescent Substance Abuse (New York: Wiley, 1995), pp. 69-71.

35 Information about Koontz (here and following section) from “A Crack in the All-American Dream,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 December 1996, p. El; “Man Goes on Trial in Slaying of Homecoming Queen,” Associated Press, 31 March 1996; Peter Wilkinson, “Who Killed the Homecoming Queen?” Rolling Stone, 23 January 1997, pp. 54-62.

36 Shafer, “Smack Happy” (“resurgence” quote). Cobain overdose: see Arthur Santana and Charles Hall, “Banned ’Date Rape’ Drug Is Linked to Six Assaults,” Washington Post, 14 June 1996, p. B1; Laura Evenson and Sam Whiting, “Heroin’s in Fashion and Death Statistics Prove It,” San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 1996, p. A1 (“couldn’t kick” claim).

37 ER statistics: Mike Males, The Scapegoat Generation (Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1996), ch. 6. See also Pete Stark, “Increased Regulations of Prescription Drugs Is Necessary,” in D. Bender and B. Leone, eds., Drug Abuse: Opposing Viewpoints (San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1994), pp. 142—49.

38 Gary Logan, “Stress and Access Make Doctors Vulnerable,” Washington Post, 3 September 1996, p. Z11; National Public Radio, “Morning Edition,” 28 January 1997.

39 Cynthia Cotts, “The Pushers in the Suites,” Nation, 31 August 1992, pp. 208-11; Tracy Weber, “Tarnishing the Golden Years with Addiction,” Los Angeles Times, 20 December 1996, p. A1; 2.8 million statistic: Wren, “Many Women”; Robert McCarthy, “It Takes More Than a Phone Call to Manage Demand,” Business and Health 15 (May 1997): 36-40.

40 See Celia Moore, “Prozac Fact Sheet,” Ms., July 1997, p. 65; Elizabeth Ettorre and Elianne Riska, Gendered Moods (New York: Routledge, 1995).

41 PAC figure from the Federal Election Commission; other information from Cotts, “Pushers in the Suites.”

42 Helen Thorpe, “A New Low,” Texas Monthly, September 1995, p. 88; Mireya Navarro, “In South, Drug Abusers Turn to a Smuggled Sedative,” New York Times, 9 December 1995, p. A6; Tom Masland, “Bootlegged Drugs Hit Africa Hard,” Chicago Tribune, 31 July 1988, p. 21.

43 Julie Hirschfeld, “Rape Is Only Thing That This Drug Is For,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 17 July 1996, p. B5 (contains Biden quote); Vicky Edwards, “Wake Up,” Chicago Tribune, 22 October 1996, p. 3; David Kidwell and Connie Piloto, “Parents, Officials Are Alarmed over Sedative’s Use,” Dallas Morning News, 18 February 1996, p. A12 (contains “mightiest” quote). For another Mickey Finn reference see Carol M. Miller, “Forget Me Pill,” St. Petersburg Times, 17 June 1996, p. B1.

44 Julio Laboy, “Police Suspect Illegal Sedative Used in Date Rapes,” Dallas Morning News, 17 December 1995, p. A40 (“lots of” quote); Tim Friend, “Date-Rape Drug,” USA Today, 20 June 1996, p. A1. For a story that included a correction see CNN, 15 June 1996.

45 Karla Haworth, “The Growing Popularity of a New Drug Alarms Health Educa tors,” Chronicle of Higher Education, 10 July 1998, pp. A31—32; additional information provided by Hoffmann-LaRoche. (Testing was done by El Sohly Laboratories, a forensic toxicology facility certified by the National Institute of Drug Abuse.)

46 Dan Weikel, “Prescription for an Epidemic,” Los Angeles Times, 19 August 1996, p. A10. Statistics are from Hoffmann-LaRoche; Kathleen Day, “Countering III Effects of an Abused Drug,” Washington Post, 2 November 1996, p. H1; Tamara Henry and Carrie Hedges, “Date-Rape Drug Target of New Law,” USA Today, 14 October 1996, p. A1.

47 Ann Scales, “Dole Trumpets