Cocaine From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace in the United States, 1884-1920

Name: Cocaine From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace in the United States, 1884-1920
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ISBN: 9780801871160

ISBN-10: 0801871166

ISBN-13: 9780801871160

Edition: 2001 (Reprint)

Authors: Joseph F. Spillane, Barry E. Kosofsky

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In 1884 American physicians discovered the anesthetic value of cocaine, and over the next three decades this substance derived from the coca plant became so popular that it became, ironically, a public health problem. Demand exceeded supply; abuse proliferated. The black market produced a legendary underground of "cocaine fiends." As attempts at regulation failed, Congress in 1914 banned cocaine outright, and America launched its longstanding war against now-illegal drugs. Challenging "traditional thinking about both the 'rise' and 'fall' of drug problems" (which makes legal prohibition the pivotal point in the story), Spillane examines phenomena that have eluded earlier students of drug…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 8/2/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.792