Origins: Wettley and the 1980s cocaine theory

When Angelo Quinto died, his family said police were responsible for his death. But a lawyer told them his official cause of death would likely be something called “excited delirium.”

You can read more of Renu Rayasam's reporting on "excited delirium" at KFF Health News.

Arjun Byju's article for Current Affairs is: Excited Delirium: How Cops Invented a Disease.

Reporter Chris Gelardi obtained Rochester Police Department training materials on "excited delirium" for New York Focus. You can read more here.

Reuters has investigated Taser's interest in "excited delirium." You can find the investigation here.

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