Dark paradise
a history of opiate addiction in America
Enl. ed.
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Author
Publication
2001 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
81,500 words, Guess
Page Count
326 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedarkparadisehist00cour
- Internet Archivedarkparadisehist00cour_140
- ISBN-100674005856
- ISBN-139780674005853
- Library of Congress Control Number2001016547
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number45700507
- Better World Books9780674005853
- Open LibraryOL24745807M
Classifications
- DDC362.29/3/0973
- LCCHV5816 .C648 2001
- LCCHV5816.C648 2001
and 3 more
- LCCHV 5816 C648 2001
- DDC362.2/93/0973
- LCCHV5816 .C648
Description
"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.
First Sentence
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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