The American disease
origins of narcotic control
by David F. Musto
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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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Drug Legislation, Drug addiction, Drug addicts, Drug and Narcotic Control, Drug control, History, Legislation, Drug, Narcotic laws, Public opinion, Rehabilitation, Substance Dependence, Drogues, Réadaptation, Droit, Lutte contre la Drogue, Servicos De Saude Mental (Administracao), Rauschgift, Geschichte, Drogenabhängigkeit, Toxicomanias (Prevencao E Controle), Toxicomanes, Toxicomanie, Substance-Related Disorders, Histoire, Bekämpfung, Législation, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Drug addicts, rehabilitation, Intellectual life, Western influences, CivilizationPlaces
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The American disease: origins of narcotic control
1999, Oxford University Press
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The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control (Oxford Paperbacks)
January 14, 1988, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
0195052110 9780195052114
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The American disease: origins of narcotic control
1987, Oxford University Press
in English
- Expanded ed.
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The American disease: origins of narcotic control
1973, Yale University Press
in English
0300015372 9780300015379
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Bibliography: p. 279-364.
Includes index.
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"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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