For the entirety of the drug war, making the drugs sound as frightening and dangerous as possible has been a central focus of prohibition. Some people think that if a person is too afraid of drugs they will never try them. It doesn't really seem to be working very well though, as year after year: new people try drugs for the first time. |
The "menace, scourge, threat, evil, peril, specter" etc of drugs | |||
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Year | Headline | Publication | Issue Date |
1909 | Latest drug danger | World's Work | Aug |
1909 | American opium peril | Putnam's | Dec |
1911 | Horrible perils of taking medicines | World's Work | Jun |
1912 | Peril of the drug habit | Century | Aug |
1913 | Cocaine evil | Outlook | Feb 8 |
1914 | Drug-endangered nation | Literary Digest | Mar 28 |
1919 | Drug menace in America | Review of Reviews | Sep |
1921 | Evil of drug addiction | New Republic | May 18 |
1922 | Increasing drug menace and its serpentine trail | Current Opinion | May |
1922 | Ending the narcotic menace | Literary Digest | Jun 10 |
1923 | National menace of the dope traffic | Literary Digest | Feb 24 |
1923 | Drug evil | New Republic | Mar 7 |
1923 | Menace of opium | Nation | Jun 20 |
1924 | Halting the opium menace | Independent | Dec 13 |
1925 | How California is dealing with the narcotic evil | Outlook | Apr 22 |
1926 | Fighting the dope menace | Literary Digest | Aug 28 |
1928 | Spot-light again for the opium devil | Survey | Apr 1 |
1935 | Dope menace | Good Housekeeping | Feb |
1936 | Marihuana menaces youth | Scientific American | Mar |
1936 | Uncle Sam fights a new drug menace: Marijuana | Popular Science | May |
1937 | Dangers of heroin | Current History | Apr |
1938 | Marijuana menace | Literary Digest | Jan 1 |
1938 | Marijuana, assassin of youth | Reader's Digest | Feb |
1939 | One more peril for youth | Forum | Jan |
1945 | Menace of Marijuana | Science Digest | Jul |
1946 | Hemp menace | Business Week | Jan 12 |
1946 | Opium: world menace | CSMonitor Magazine | Jan 19 |
1947 | Old and new narcotic perils | U.N. Bulletin | Sep 16 |
1952 | Truth about the drug menace | Harper's | Feb |
1957 | Narcotic menace lurks in doctor's medical bag | Science Digest | Jul |
1958 | Menace of the sleeping pill habit | Coronet | Mar |
1958 | Mushroom madness | Time | Jun 16 |
1962 | Menace of dope | Parents | Oct |
1963 | Dangerous magic of LSD | Sat Eve Post | Nov 2 |
1965 | Thrill-pill menace | Sat Eve Post | Dec 4 |
1966 | Spread and perils of LSD | Life | Mar 25 |
1967 | Risk of marijuana | New Republic | Apr 22 |
1967 | Drugs: mounting menace of abuse | Look | Aug 8 |
1967 | Hidden evils of LSD | Sat Eve Post | Aug 12 |
1967 | Drugs that even scare hippies | Life | Oct 27 |
1967 | Marijuana: dangerous as alcohol | New Republic | Oct 28 |
1967 | How dangerous is marijuana? a top official sparks new debate | US News | Oct 30 |
1967 | LSD: growing menace to teenagers | Parents | Nov |
1968 | Drug dangers, the case gets stronger | Science Digest | Jul |
1969 | Warning: steer clear of THC | Look | Apr 15 |
1970 | Drugs raise a specter | Business Week | May 9 |
1970 | Drugs: ten years to doomsday? | Saturday Review | Nov 14 |
1970 | Drug threat in business | Nation | Nov 16 |
1971 | Our most dangerous epidemic | Nations Business | Jul |
1972 | Road to hell | Newsweek | Mar 6 |
1972 | New and growing drug threat | Reader's Digest | Jun |
1973 | LSD and the drug culture: new evidence of hazard | Science | Mar 23 |
1975 | Return of the hard drug menace | US News | Jun 30 |
1975 | Alcohol and marijuana: spreading menace among teen-agers | US News | Nov 24 |
1978 | Drugs and the athlete: a growing threat | Reader's Digest | May |
1980 | Danger! prescription drug abuse | Reader's Digest | Apr |
1980 | New and deadly menace [white heroin] | Time | Oct 6 |
1981 | Africa and the drug threat | World Health | Dec |
1982 | Medical menace: doctors hooked on drugs | Ladies Home Journal | Mar |
1982 | The cocaine high: dangerous new drug of the '80s | Glamour | Aug |
1984 | The hidden scourge of drugs in the workplace | Reader's Digest | Feb |
1984 | The drug abuse epidemic | American Education | Oct |
1985 | Drugs: are you dealing with disaster? | Teen | Jan |
1985 | Marijuana report: the latest dope on its dangers | Mademoiselle | Jun |
1985 | Links between international narcotics trafficking and terrorism | U.S. Dept of State Bulletin | Aug |
1986 | Crack: dangerous new drug | Good Housekeeping | Aug |
1986 | Threat to health from drugs termed 'narco-terrorism' | World Health | Aug/Sep |
1986 | Cocaine: an American epidemic? | Current Health | Nov |
1986 | Crack: an even deadlier menace | McCall's | Nov |
1987 | Narcotics: terror's new ally | US News | May 4 |
1987 | Narcotics: a global threat | Dept of State Bulletin | Aug |
1988 | The perils of pot | Discover | Jun |
1988 | Drugs on Main Street: the enemy up close | US News | Jun 27 |
1989 | Dangerous new drugs [speed and ecstasy] | Good Housekeeping | Apr |
1989 | A deadly plague of drugs | MacLean's | Apr 3 |
1989 | The return of a deadly drug called horse | US News | Aug 14 |
1989 | Apocalypse now: drugs | Life | Sep |
1989 | A plague without boundaries | Time | Nov 6 |
1990 | Down to cocaine hell | Reader's Digest | Dec |
1991 | Don't fry your brain [ad campaign] | Forbes | Feb 4 |
1991 | Wine and downers: are you at risk? | Harper's Bazaar | Aug |
1992 | The new teenage drug danger [human growth hormore] | McCall's | Sep |
1992 | Krazy khat | New Republic | Nov 23 |
1993 | Worldwide drug scourge: the response | Brookings Review | Spring |
1993 | Fatal attraction: how "huffing" kills | Redbook | Mar |
1993 | Crack -- a lethal drug | Current Health 2 | Apr |
1993 | Choose your poison | Time | Jul 26 |
1993 | Drugs -- they can blow your mind | Current Health 2 | Sep |
1993 | Worldwide drug scourge: the expanding trade in illicit drugs | Brookings Review | Winter |
1994 | A new generation, and old danger | Reader's Digest | Oct |
1994 | OTC drugs: legal but could be lethal | Current Health 2 | Dec |
1995 | A risky Rx for fun [taking Ritalin recreationally] | Newsweek | Oct 30 |
1996 | The nightmare of crystal meth | 'Teen | Feb |
1996 | The fear of heroin is shooting up | Newsweek | Aug 26 |
1996 | Heroin: a deadly narcotic | Current Health 2 | Oct |
1997 | Cocaine: a killer | Current Health 2 | Mar |
1997 | Marijuana: useful medicine or dangerous drug? | Consumers' Research | May |
1997 | Roofies: horror drug of the '90s | Current Health 2 | Sep |
1997 | "Ice" shatters lives | Current Health 2 | Oct |
1999 | Battling the drug demon | USA Today (Periodical) | May |
1999 | A deadly drug, a new generation [heroin] | Reader's Digest | Jul |
1999 | A deadly high: how inhalants can kill | 'Teen | Sep |
1999 | The danger of being young, hip and high [ecstasy] | US News | Dec 13 |
2000 | Dope fiends | Harper's | Nov |
2001 | The potent perils of a miracle drug [oxycontin] | Time | Jan 8 |
2001 | 'They become raving maniacs' [views of E. Murphy about marijuana use] | Maclean's | Aug 6 |
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