American Disease Origins of Narcotic Control

Name: American Disease Origins of Narcotic Control
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ISBN: 9780195125092

ISBN-10: 0195125096

ISBN-13: 9780195125092

Edition: 3rd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: 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 relationz between public outcry and the creation of prohibitive drug laws from the end of the Civil War up to the present. Originally published in 1973, and then in an expanded edition in 1987, this third edition contains a new chapter and preface that both address the renewed debate on policy and drug legislation from the end of the Reagan administration to the current Clinton administration. Here, Musto thoroughly investigates how our nation…

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List price: $26.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/22/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface to the Third Edition


Preface to the Expanded Edition


Preface



The American Disease



Diplomats and Reformers



The Harrison Act



The Search for Cures



State and Local Narcotic Control



The Federal Assault on Addiction Maintenance



The Narcotic Clinic Era



The Troubled Twenties



Marihuana and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics



Federal Support of the Medical Approach



The Return of Drug Toleration, 1965-1985



Renewed Efforts at Control, 1986-1997



The Dynamics of Narcotic Control


Notes


Index