Dark Paradise A History of Opiate Addiction in America

Name: Dark Paradise A History of Opiate Addiction in America
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ISBN: 9780674005853

ISBN-10: 0674005856

ISBN-13: 9780674005853

Edition: 2nd 2001

Authors: David T. Courtwright

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This text offers an interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history; the change in the pattern of opiate addiction - from respectable upper-class matrons to lower-class urban males, often with a criminal record.

Book details

List price: $46.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 5/31/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.21" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

David T. Courtwright is John A. Delaney Presidential Professor at the University of North Florida.



Preface, 2001


A Note on Terminology and Spelling


Introduction



The Extent of Opiate Addiction



Addiction to Opium and Morphine



Addiction to Smoking Opium



Addiction to Heroin



The Transformation of the Opiate Addict



Heroin in Postwar America



The Drug Wars


Appendix: Addiction Rate and City Size


Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliography


Index