When six Food and Drug Administration inspectors were assigned to root out dangerous and illegal sales of amphetamine stay-awake drugs—better known as “bennies.” “pep pills” or “co-pilots”—to over-the ...

The mysterious “pep-pills” long-rumored in use by the Nazi army have been tentatively identified. They are probably benzedrine sulfate—a drug ten times as potent as caffeine and often used by U.S.