Harry Shapiro is editor of Druglink and head of publishing at Drugscope. He is an author, journalist and lecturer who has written very widely on the subject of drugs

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. He is the author of several books relating to drugs and popular musics

• Waiting for the Man: the story of drugs and popular music New York : Morrow, ©1988. ISBN 978-0-688-08961-0 in 427 US/Canadian libraries according to WorldCat
  • Review, Notes (KMusic Library Association) , Jun., 1991, vol. 47, no. 4, p. 1168–1169
  • Review, International Journal of Comparative Sociology v. 29 (S/D 1988). Crowley, Robert, reviewer
  • translated into Chinese by Jiachun Li as 等待藥頭 : 流行音樂與藥物的歷史 / Deng dai yao tou: Liu xing yin yue yu yao wu de li shi. Taibei Shi: Shang zhou chu ban, 2008. ISBN 978-986-124-978-0
  • Revised ed, 1999. in 269 libraries, accordingto WorldCat
• Shooting Stars: drugs, Hollywood and the movies. Serpent's Tail: October 2003,
  • Review in PopMatters http://www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/s/shooting-stars.shtml
• Jimi Hendrix, Electric Gypsy.(with Caesar Glebbeek.) New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1995. ISBN 978-0-312-13062-6 In 249 US/Canadian libraries according to WorldCat
  • Review, Notes (Music Library Association) , Dec., 1992, vol. 49, no. 2, p. 528-530
  • Review, Library Journal v. 116 (July 1991).
  • Review, The Economist v. 317 (Nov. 24 1990).
  • Review, by David Fricke, Rolling Stone (Oct. 17 1991).
• Eric Clapton: Lost in the Blues. New York: Da Capo Press, 1992.ISBN 978-0-306-80480-9
• Alexis Korner: The Biography (with Mark Troster) . London: Bloomsbury, 1996.
• Jack Bruce: Composing Himself : the Authorised Biography. London: Jawbone, 2010. ISBN 978-1-906002-26-8

He has also written a number of academic articles:

• "From Chaplin to Charlie-Cocaine, Hollywood and the Movies". Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy. 9, no. 2: 133-141. (2002)

Additionally, he is the author of several books about popular drug information.