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Discovery
Romanian chemist Lazar Edeleanu first synthesized amphetamines, he use a plant found in China called Ma-Haunge. -
Early Uses
Used in pharmaceutical drugs until the 1920s when the drug was used to expand airways for people who had asthma, hay fever, and common cold -
Introduction of the Inhaler
drug company, Smith, Kline and French would sell amphetamines in inhalers at first but clinical enthusiasm for the drug would soon lead to an increase in the use of amphetamines -
Recrational Use
by the mid-1930s, teens and young adults looking for a cheap way to get high were taking the amphetamine strips out of the Benzodrine Inhalers and placing them into a cup of coffee or chewing and swallowing them. This would produce an intense stimulant effect upon the user
