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| Author: | Morrison, William (Pseud. for Joseph Samachson) |
| Title: | The addicts |
| Journal: | Galaxy Science Fiction, Vol. 3, No. 4, 122-131 |
| Publisher: | Galaxy Publishing Corporation, New York |
| Date: | January 1952 |
| Format: | Short story |
| Descriptor: | Drugs as euphorics |
| Annotation:Husband and wife are lighthouse-keepers on a lonely asteroid between Earth and Mars. Husband has become addicted to marak, a euphoric drug that keeps him in a constant state of good nature and well-being. This makes meaningful conversation between him and wife impossible, since he is so agreeable that all discussions trail off immediately, and she is growing irritable for lack of stimulating company. Husband therefore decides secretly to give his wife addictive dose of drug. | |
| Author: | Smith, George O. |
| Title: | Hellflower |
| Publisher: | Abelard Press, New York |
| Pages: | 264 pp. |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Format: | Novel |
| Descriptor: | Drugs as sensation-enhancers |
| Annotation:On Ganymede, moon of Jupiter, grows the gardenia-like plant from which hellflower, also known as love lotus, is extracted—a narcotic which heightens sensations and other sensory stimuli and creates psychological addiction through enhancement of pleasure—with women the chief victims. Story concerns the traffic in this and related drugs and the attempts of a government agent of the
future to intercept it. | |
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