Some remarkable accomplishments during documented periods of cocaine use.

Other stimulants

Two related cases involving amphetamines, not cocaine.

The accounts vary: some describe using during the work itself; others describe a period of addiction that overlapped with it. Each entry keeps that distinction.

Photo credits

Photographs from Wikimedia Commons. Portraits are displayed cropped; the historical Pervitin container is shown uncropped. Click a photograph to view its source.

Inspired by Patrick Collison’s Fast page. Compiled by nbaronia.