Herbert Huncke, a friend of his parents, relates that when Joan was pregnant he would drive into Houston to obtain Benzedrine, and inhaled amphetamine, for her.
42.
In 1934 Smith, Kline and French made the first amphetamine pharmaceutical when they began selling a decongestant inhaler containing the volatile amphetamine free base under the trade name Benzedrine.
43.
Later, in that April marathon, he is likely to have retyped these notes onto the scroll, while drinking countless cups of coffee rather than the Benzedrine of lore.
44.
In the series of books by Ian Fleming, the character James Bond repeatedly makes use of Benzedrine in times of peak stress and typically during the climax of various books.
45.
Beginning in the 1960s, it was used to treat children with Charles Bradley on the use of psychostimulant drugs, such as benzedrine, with then called " maladjusted children ".
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The screenplay writer Dalton Trumbo was known to be dependent upon Benzedrine, which he often combined with hard liquor, as portrayed in the 2015 film " Trumbo ".
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"All day long she fills me up with dogma / She's all magazines and Benzedrine and vodka, " sings Crow in a cutting, woman-girl voice.
48.
The authors say Feltenstein, who already had been prescribing quick-fix drugs such as Benzedrine to keep Thomas happy, was guilty of at least negligence and malpractice _ and perhaps manslaughter.
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Kerouac wrote the final draft in 20 days, with Joan, his wife, supplying him with benzedrine, cigarettes, bowls of pea soup and mugs of coffee to keep him going.
50.
In the 1940s and 1950s, reports began to emerge about the recreational use of Benzedrine inhalers, and in 1949, doctors began to move away from prescribing Benzedrine as a bronchodilator and appetite suppressant.
