An edition of The American disease (1973)

The American disease

origins of narcotic control

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An edition of The American disease (1973)

The American disease

origins of narcotic control

3rd ed.
  • 3 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

The American Disease is a classic study of the development of drug laws in the United States. Supporting the theory that Americans' attitudes toward drugs have followed a cyclic pattern of tolerance and restraint, author David F. Musto examines the relations between public outcry and the creation of prohibitive drug laws from the end of the Civil War to the present day.

This third edition contains a new chapter and preface that cover the renewed debate on policy and drug legislation from the end of the Reagan administration to the present Clinton administration.

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English
Pages
414

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Cover of: The American disease
The American disease: origins of narcotic control
1999, Oxford University Press
in English - 3rd ed.
Cover of: The American Disease
The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control (Oxford Paperbacks)
January 14, 1988, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
Cover of: The American disease
The American disease: origins of narcotic control
1987, Oxford University Press
in English - Expanded ed.
Cover of: The American disease
The American disease: origins of narcotic control
1973, Yale University Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-390) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.29/3/0973
Library of Congress
HV5825 .M84 1999, HV5825.M84 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 414 p. ;
Number of pages
414

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL364683M
Internet Archive
americandiseaseo00must_364
ISBN 10
0195125096
LCCN
98024976
OCLC/WorldCat
98024976, 39147903
Library Thing
437685
Goodreads
2792572

First Sentence

"Before 1800, opium was available in America in its crude form as an ingredient of multidrug prescriptions, or in such extracts as laudanum, containing alcohol, or "black drop," containing no alcohol."

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