An edition of Dark paradise (1982)

Dark Paradise

A History of Opiate Addiction in America

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An edition of Dark paradise (1982)

Dark Paradise

A History of Opiate Addiction in America

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"David T. Courtwright offers an interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history: the dramatic change in the pattern of opiate addiction from respectable upper-class matrons to lower-class urban males, often with a delinquent or criminal record. Challenging the prevailing view that the shift resulted simply from harsh new laws, Courtwright shows that the crucial role was played by the medical rather than the legal profession.

Dark Paradise tells the story not only from the standpoint of legal and medical sources, but also from the perspective of addicts themselves."--BOOK JACKET.

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Harvard University Press
Language
English
Pages
352

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Commerce, Drogues, Law and legislation, Opium, Histoire, Droit, Heroin abuse, Toxicomanes, Drogenpolitik, Opioid-Related Disorders, Drogenabhängigkeit, Therapeutic use, Morphine abuse, Drug addicts, History, 20th Century, Héroïnomanie, Opium trade, Drugsverslaving, Emploi en thérapeutique, Opiumhandel, Morphinomanie, History, 19th Century, Opiaten, Opiomanie, History, Opium abuse, Narcotic Dependence, Morphine, Heroin, Narcotic dependence, Heroin Dependence, Morphine Dependence, Drug addiction

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Cover of: Dark paradise
Dark paradise: a history of opiate addiction in America
2001, Harvard University Press
in English - Enl. ed.
Cover of: Dark Paradise
Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America
May 31, 2001, Harvard University Press
Paperback in English - Enlarged edition
Cover of: Dark paradise
Dark paradise: opiate addiction in America before 1940
1982, Harvard University Press
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"Reconstructing the pattern of opiate addiction in the United States is difficult, not only because addicts tended to conceal their condition, but because much of the historical evidence has been exaggerated and distorted."

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Paperback
Number of pages
352
Dimensions
9 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
Weight
1 pounds

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OL7670541M
ISBN 10
0674005856
ISBN 13
9780674005853
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283764
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OL15835652W

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Reconstructing the pattern of opiate addiction in the United States is difficult, not only because addicts tended to conceal their condition, but because much of the historical evidence has been exaggerated and distorted.
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