Drugs — Side effects. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Marijuana and behavior / Theodore X. Barber.

Talk reviewing LSD research, and the reports from uses outside the laboratory; also a discussion of the longstanding uses for marijuana and some of the social problems which can result.

August 24, 2025

The First generation : the story of D.E.S. / produced by Jerry Hatch.

On diethylstibestrol, an artificial hormone known as the morning after pill and also used in cattle feed.

August 24, 2025

The Myth of the hyperactive child / Peter Schrag ; interviewed by Jim Berland.

Schrag discusses his research into the negative aspects of drug treatment for hyperactivity, and the civil liberties infringements which result from the records kept about hyperactive children.

August 24, 2025

The Hyperkinetic child / Kirkpatrick Dilling ; introduced by Mike Elliott.

Talk on recent drug-use therapy to calm hyperkinetic school children.

August 24, 2025

Bendectin : thalidomide of the 80s? / Carolyn Marshall ; produced by Buster Bonzales and Adam Hochschild.

Investigation into the harmful effects of the pre-natal anti-nausea drug.

August 24, 2025

Sulfites : the poisoning of our diet / Dale Norman, Carolyn Knight, and Gordon Scott ; interviewed by Ida Honorof.

Dale Norman and Carolyn Knight, co-founders of Stamp Out Sulfites, and Gordon Scott of the FDA, discuss the hazards of sulfure dioxide and other sulfiting agents which are widely used in the food and drug industry. They discuss some of the foods which use sulfiting agents, the possible severe alergic reactions, and even the potential…

August 24, 2025