Step right into gum's sticky history, and learn how the favorite flavors of the stone age burst into the modern bubble gum! Gum has been scientifically demonstrated to treat numerous mental and physical medical conditions, and can help in the recovery of colon surgery as much as improve the mental acuity of soldiers on the battlefield. It seems like there isn't anything gum can't do: yet from gums that administer medicine to those that improve your jawline, to those used in public art, the modern challenge for gum is in fact... criminalization! Learn how gum enthusiasts risk jail, how it's recycled into useful plastics, the gruesome story of the baseball trading card, and even how top chemical scientists discovered the answer to that most pressing question: does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight? Contents: the Sappy Story of Ancient Gum 4Stepping into Modern Gum 12Bubblegum: Not So Tacky After All 21Health Effects of Chewing Gum 30Mental Health 30Dental Health 37Colon Surgical Recovery 44Illegal Gum 47Recycling and Reusing Gum 55Marketing Gum 58Share Your Gum 71Conclusion: Whether or Not Chewing Gum Loses Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight? 74