“By continuing up a wrong path, we lose time finding the right one.
On the AIDS clock, time is measured in deaths.” (Voeller 1986)
Poppers General Information Sites
- "The recreational use of inhalants such as amyl and butyl nitrite has become more common in the last decade. We are not aware of any data to suggest direct neurotoxicity associated with the abuse of these substances." NIDA Research Monograph 1990
- "...Alkyl nitrites are a group of organic compounds with the general formula R-O-N=O, where R is any organic group. Amyl nitrite has historically been used for the treatment of angina, among other legitimate medicinal uses. Other alkyl nitrites, including butyl nitrite, isobutyl nitrite, isopropyl nitrite, ethyl nitrite, methyl nitrite as well as the disputed cyclohexyl nitrite, have been widely used for 40 years as the primary ingredients in room odorizer products and as recreational drug. The vapours of the alkyl nitrite are inhaled directly from the bottle, inducing an almost-instant, euphoric head rush; the body's smooth muscles are relaxed. As a recreational drug, they are primarily used to enhance the sexual experience."
- "...in a prospectively studied cohort in Vancouver, 715 homosexual men were followed for a median of 8.6 years. Among 365 HIV-positive individuals, 136 developed AIDS. No AIDS-defining illnesses occurred among 350 seronegative men despite the fact that these men reported appreciable use of inhalable nitrites ("poppers") and other recreational drugs, and frequent receptive anal intercourse (Schechter et al., 1993)"
- "Why did it take so long to accept the idea that the epidemic was caused by a transmissible agent, and to forget about poppers and all the other things that the CDC and other people were looking at?"
- A Guide to Alkyl Nitrites and Poppers: Statements of Fact
- AIDS AND POPPERS: AIDS; Virus or Drug Induced? By Tom Bethell
- Alkyl Nitrites study: REPORT of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, The Hon. Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. May 4,1988
- British Downgrade Ecstasy and Place 'Poppers' at Bottom of List Demonstrating Little Potential for Harm if Misused.
- Bruce Voeller, Ph.D. Mariposa Education & Research Foundation
- Charles Stephens, M.D., Ph.D. Capetown, South Africa
- Christine Weber, B.Sc.
- DanceSafe: What Are Poppers?
- Dr. June Reinisch - Kinsey Institute: Poppers and AIDS, 'Researchers haven’t found a link between them.'
- Dr. Stephen Burton, London: The Pink Paper Issue 67 8 April 1989: Poppers in perspective
- Eric Trimmer in MEDICAL NEWS WEEKLY: 'My Way With Angina Victims"
- First produced in 1857 as a treatment for angina, amyl nitrate evaporates at room temperature. The vapour released causes your veins and arteries to dilate resulting in the blood flowing faster through the heart and the brain.
- Investigating the Poppers-AIDS Hypothesis
- ISOBUTYL NITRITE and Related Compounds
- Lisa Ringold, PhD pharmacology: A Critical Review of Hank Wilson’s Bibliography of Anti-Popper Research
- Mark Nickerson, author: ISOBUTYL NITRITE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS, is considered perhaps the most eminent pharmacologist of the twentieth century.
- Merck & Co., Inc.: Where patients come first: Volatile Nitrites/Poppers
- NIDA Meeting Calls For Research Into THE POPPERS-KAPOSI'S SARCOMA CONNECTION, By John Lauritsen
- No link between drug use and unprotected sex amongst HIV-positive gay men
- Paul Varnell, Chicago, IL: '...the controversy over poppers...'
- Paul Varnell, Observer's Notebook - Poppers: Less Than Meets the Eye
- Popper Studies: a bibliography of studies done over the past thirty years, and their analyses.
- poppers: (amyl nitrate, butyl nitrate, isobutyl nitrate, TNT, liquid gold, rush etc.)
- Psychosexual Aspects of the Volatile Nitrites, Thomas P. Lowry, M.D.
- QUEER ADVERTISING From Poppers to Protease Inhibitors
- Richard Kim: "Harper's Publishes AIDS Denialist"
- Robert Bauman: "...every U.S. government study, including those done by the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, (on which my former wife served for six years), have come to virtually the same conclusion."
- Robert L. DuPont, M.D., the first Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse: Nitrites and Gateway Drugs
- Stanley B. Prusiner: "HISTORICAL ESSAY: Discovering the Cause of AIDS"
- Stephen J. O'Brien, Ph.D. Director, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity
- Steve Harris M.D.: HIV/AIDS, Poppers, from the web...
- THE INDEPENDENT: "Poppers" pose little potential harm to health or society
- The Lancet: Alcohol and Smoking far more dangerous than poppers
- THE POPPERS STORY, The Rise and Fall and Rise of 'The Gay Drug' By Ian Young
- TIME Magazine 1978 ....millions Americans regularly inhale the chemical, both on the dance floor and later in bed. Some people use it as a quick upper during the day. "I carry a bottle of it with me all the time," says Ron Braun, 28, a California carpenter. "If I'm bored and want a rush, I take a sniff. It's a short break during the day."
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, July 1983, "Briefing Package on Petition HP82-1" -- "Briefing Package on Petition HP82-1": "The staff has not found sufficient data to Support the claim of a behavior disorder associated with volatile nitrite inhalation. Available injury data did not indicate a significant risk of personal injury or illness from room odorizer abuse. These materials were prepared with the assistance of Chemical Hazards Program team members."
- Wall Street Journal – October 10, 1977: "A New Way to Glow And Giggle, and Get A Headache Besides. “Poppers, Legally Sniffable, Becoming a Big Business; The FDA isn’t Interested."
- www.urban75.com: Poppers (amyl nitrate, butyl nitrate, isobutyl nitrate, TNT, liquid gold, rush etc.)
Poppersmyth Poppers and AIDS sites
- "Poppers" Are Not the Cause of AIDS - Historical Essay: Discovering the Cause of AIDS, Stanley B. Prusiner
- "The similar patterns of transmission of AIDS and hepatitis B and the latency period in both diseases led the medical and scientific community to discount the hypothesis that "poppers" were the cause of AIDS (CDC, MMWR, November 5, 1982; Panem 1988)."
- A Medical Mystery Unfolds: Follow the clues that led to the discovery of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. What are some of the questions about HIV and AIDS that still remain?
- A Rebuttal --- By Lloyd Richman, To: Poppers Bibliography by John Lauritsen, author of "The AIDS War"
- If “poppers really did equal death” I'd be long dead by now. Once, after having a pleasant dinner with John Lauritsen, I actually indulged myself by “toasting him” with a hit of Rush as he looked on in wide-eyed wonder and/or horror.
- Popper critics lose “credibility” when they drag out their old/ancient/never-documented assertion that “poppers=death”.
- Poppers Myth: A Discussion About Poppers
- Poppers perspective from Peter Duesberg, Hank Wilson, John Lauritsen & Ian Young
- Rethinking POPPERS, HIV & AIDS: A growing group of scientists and researchers have shown Poppers to be relatively harmless.
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