Introduction: The Psychoactive Revolution 1(9)
Part I: The Confluence of Psychoactive Resources
The Big Three: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine
9(22)
The Little Three: Opium, Cannabis, and Coca
31(22)
The Puzzle of Distribution
53(16)
Part II: Drugs and Commerce
The Sorcerer's Apprentices
69(22)
A Trap Baited with Pleasure
91(21)
Escape from Commodity Hell
112(23)
Part III: Drugs and Power
Opiates of the People
135(17)
Taxes and Smuggling
152(14)
About-Face: Restriction and Prohibition
166(21)
Licit and Illicit Drugs
187(24)
Bibliographic Note 211(4)
Abbreviations 215(2)
Notes 217(46)
Illustration Credits 263(2)
Index 265