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Drugs in America: A Documentary History / Edition 1
- ISBN-10:
- 0814756638
- ISBN-13:
- 9780814756638
- Pub. Date:
- 07/28/2002
- Publisher:
- New York University Press
- ISBN-10:
- 0814756638
- ISBN-13:
- 9780814756638
- Pub. Date:
- 07/28/2002
- Publisher:
- New York University Press
Drugs in America: A Documentary History / Edition 1
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Overview
Most Americans would be surprised to learn that large quantities of beer were brought over on the Puritan ships and that the hallowed Puritans were fond of drink. How many today realize that hemp was once one of our most lucrative cash crops encouraged by President John Adams and promoted by the Agriculture department? Or that cocaine, opium and heroin had several waves of popularity in this century and the last? Drugs and alcohol have been with us from the start. So have attempts to control or eliminate their use. In the first anthology of its kind, renowned drug policy expert David Musto chronicles the rise and fall and rise again of the most popular mind altering substances in the Unites States: alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and opiates.
In the section on alcohol we hear the Reverend Lyman Beecher, prominent radical abolitionist and father of Harriet Beecher Stowe, thundering against the evils of alcohol in 1826. We read medical documents that show how the first stirrings of concern about about what is now termed fetal-alcohol syndrome in 1910 turned public opinion against drinking and helped move the country toward Prohibition. The sections on illegal drugs contain surprises as well.
With accessible, jargon-free introductions this anthology puts drug and alcohol use at the center of American culture. At this critical point in the "war on drugs" if we do not appreciate our drug and alcohol history we may become captive to the powerful emotions that lead to draconian repression, exaggeration, or apathy and silence.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780814756638 |
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Publisher: | New York University Press |
Publication date: | 07/28/2002 |
Pages: | 574 |
Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | xv | |
Editor's Note | xvi | |
Part I | Alcohol | 1 |
Introduction | 3 | |
1 | Alcohol in the British Colonies in America | 14 |
The Evolution of Prohibition in the United States | 14 | |
2 | A British Argument against Distilled Alcohol | 16 |
A Friendly Admonition to the Drinkers of Brandy and Other Distilled Spirituous Liquors | 16 | |
3 | British and U.S. Physicians on the Dangers of Alcohol | 25 |
Petition to the House of Commons | 25 | |
Deleterious Effects of Distilled Spirits on the Human System | 26 | |
4 | An Esteemed Physician Encourages First Temperance Movement | 27 |
An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits upon the Human Body and Mind | 27 | |
5 | A Powerful Statement against All Alcohol by a Distinguished Preacher | 44 |
Six Sermons on the Nature, Occasions, Signs, Evils and Remedy of Intemperance | 44 | |
6 | The Woman's Crusade of 1873-74 | 87 |
Hillsboro Crusade Sketches | 87 | |
7 | The Woman's Christian Temperance Union | 95 |
Songs | 96 | |
Primer of Physiology and Hygiene | 99 | |
8 | Frances E. Willard | 102 |
Frances E. Willard: Statuary Hall, Washington, February 17th, 1903 | 102 | |
Scientific Temperance Instruction in Public Schools: A Message of Fifteen Years Ago | 104 | |
9 | The Anti-Saloon League | 108 |
Proceedings of the 1913 National Convention | 108 | |
10 | Congressional Debate over the Prohibition Amendment | 112 |
House Joint Resolution No. 168 | 112 | |
Testimony by Representatives Hobson and Mann | 113 | |
11 | A Classic Tract by the Highest-Paid Speaker of the Anti-Saloon League | 119 |
Alcohol and the Human Race | 119 | |
12 | Is Alcohol Dangerous to the Fetus? Part 1: Yes | 122 |
The Influence of Alcoholism on the Offspring | 122 | |
13 | Constitutional Prohibition | 124 |
The Eighteenth Amendment | 124 | |
14 | Enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment | 125 |
The Volstead Act | 125 | |
15 | A Leading Economist Argues for Prohibition | 130 |
Prohibition at Its Worst | 130 | |
16 | A Pamphlet from the Association against the Prohibition Amendment | 142 |
A Criticism of National Prohibition | 142 | |
17 | Pierre S. du Pont Urges Repeal | 147 |
Radio Speech | 147 | |
18 | FDR Stumps for Repeal | 151 |
Campaign Address on Prohibition | 151 | |
Campaign Address on the Federal Budget | 153 | |
19 | Prohibition Is Repealed | 155 |
Roosevelt Proclaims Repeal; Urges Temperance in Nation | 155 | |
20 | Recovery from Alcoholism | 158 |
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous | 158 | |
21 | Is Alcohol Dangerous to the Fetus? Part 2: No | 160 |
Alcohol Explored | 160 | |
Effect of Single Large Alcohol Intake on Fetus | 163 | |
22 | Definitions of Alcoholism | 164 |
The Disease Concept of Alcoholism | 164 | |
23 | Is Alcohol Dangerous to the Fetus? Part 3: Yes | 170 |
Health Caution on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | 170 | |
24 | Warning Labels Are Mandated on Containers of Alcoholic Beverages | 171 |
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 | 171 | |
25 | How to Speak about Alcohol and Drugs: Government Recommendations | 173 |
Message and Guidelines: Office for Substance Abuse Prevention | 173 | |
Part II | Drugs | 181 |
Introduction: Opiates, Cocaine, Cannabis, and Other Drugs | 183 | |
Section I | Opiates | 195 |
26 | The Pleasures of Laudanum | 197 |
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater | 197 | |
27 | Morphine Is Isolated | 200 |
Friedrich Wilhelm Serturner and the Discovery of Morphine | 200 | |
28 | The Invention of the Hypodermic Syringe | 202 |
A Critical Study of the Origins and Early Development of Hypodermic Medication | 202 | |
29 | Narcotic Use in the Civil War | 211 |
The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War | 211 | |
30 | Upsurge in Opium Use | 213 |
The Use and Abuse of Opium | 213 | |
31 | The Benefits of Nonmedical Opium Use | 219 |
A Treatise on Therapeutics and Pharmacology | 219 | |
32 | The Importance of Prevention | 226 |
Plea from a Young Laudanum Addict | 226 | |
33 | Treatment of Chronic Diseases with Opiates | 229 |
On the Abuse of Hypodermic Injections of Morphia | 229 | |
Opium and the Opium-Appetite | 232 | |
Morbid Craving for Morphia | 233 | |
Inebriety, or Narcomania | 234 | |
34 | Morphinism | 239 |
What Is the Morphine Disease? | 239 | |
35 | Treating the Morphia Habit | 243 |
The Principles and Practices of Medicine | 243 | |
36 | The Towns Cure | 245 |
The Obliteration of the Craving for Narcotics | 245 | |
37 | The Burden of Morphine | 251 |
Long Day's Journey into Night | 251 | |
38 | A Federal Antinarcotic Law | 253 |
The Harrison Act | 253 | |
39 | The Doremus and Webb Decisions | 256 |
United States v. Doremus | 256 | |
Webb et al. v. United States | 260 | |
40 | The Demonization of Opium | 262 |
Opium: The Demon Flower | 262 | |
41 | Drug Addiction as Chronic Disease | 265 |
The Narcotic Drug Problem | 265 | |
42 | Richmond P. Hobson Takes on Drugs | 271 |
Mankind's Greatest Affliction and Gravest Menace | 271 | |
43 | No Mercy for Drug Violations | 276 |
The Boggs Act | 276 | |
The Narcotic Control Act of 1956 | 277 | |
44 | The AMA and the ABA on the Limits of Law Enforcement | 282 |
Drug Addiction: Crime or Disease? | 282 | |
45 | A Presidential Commission Suggests a Medical Approach | 287 |
Narcotics and Drug Abuse | 287 | |
46 | Explosion of Drug Use | 305 |
Drug Use in America: Problem in Perspective | 305 | |
47 | New Laws from the 1960s to the 1980s | 310 |
The Drug Abuse Control Amendments of 1965 | 310 | |
The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 | 312 | |
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 | 318 | |
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 | 323 | |
Section II | Cocaine | 327 |
48 | Cocaine Is Isolated | 329 |
A New Alkaloid in Coca | 329 | |
49 | Praise for Coca Extract | 331 |
Erythroxylon Coca | 331 | |
50 | The Therapeutic Value of Cocaine | 336 |
Coca: Its Preparations and Therapeutical Qualities | 336 | |
51 | Freud as Cocaine User and Advocate | 343 |
Uber Coca | 343 | |
52 | Recognizing Addiction | 349 |
Cocaine Dosage and Cocaine Addiction | 349 | |
53 | The Difficulties of Treating Cocaine Addicts | 353 |
The Treatment of Chronic Cocaine Poisoning, or Cocaino-Mania | 353 | |
54 | Investigating Drug Abuse | 356 |
Report on Cocaine | 356 | |
55 | Cocaine Defined as Social Menace | 360 |
The Cocain Habit (1900) | 360 | |
The Cocain Habit (1901) | 361 | |
The Drug-Habit Menace in the South | 361 | |
56 | The Shanghai Commission's Recommendations on Cocaine | 368 |
Report on the International Opium Commission and on the Opium Problem as Seen within the United States | 368 | |
57 | Cocaine Use Diminishes in the 1930s | 380 |
Report of the Mayor's Committee on Drug Addiction | 380 | |
58 | Cocaine Returns in the 1970s | 382 |
White Paper on Drug Abuse | 382 | |
59 | The Social Drug | 384 |
The Cocaine Scene | 384 | |
60 | The Danger of Cocaine | 388 |
Coke Kills | 388 | |
Trying to Say "No" | 389 | |
Reagan: Drugs Are the "No. 1" Problem | 392 | |
61 | The Crack Epidemic | 393 |
Testimony before the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control | 393 | |
"Coca Paste" and "Free Base" | 394 | |
Section III | Cannabis | 397 |
62 | Hashish | 399 |
The Hasheesh Eater | 399 | |
63 | Physiological Effects and Dangers of Cannabis Use | 405 |
An Essay on Hasheesh | 405 | |
64 | Hemp Growing for Farmers | 407 |
Definition of Cannabis | 407 | |
Drug Plants under Cultivation | 408 | |
65 | Vipers in the Jazz Age and After | 410 |
Really the Blues | 410 | |
Tea for a Viper | 416 | |
66 | The Government Response | 422 |
Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, 1931 | 422 | |
Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, 1933 | 423 | |
Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, 1937 | 424 | |
67 | Marijuana Comes under Federal Control | 430 |
The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 | 430 | |
68 | The Danger of Marijuana | 433 |
Marijuana: Assassin of Youth | 433 | |
69 | Clinical Observations of Marijuana Users | 441 |
Marihuana: A Psychiatric Study | 441 | |
70 | The La Guardia Report | 452 |
The Marihuana Problem in the City of New York | 452 | |
The Journal of the American Medical Association Attacks the La Guardia Report | 458 | |
71 | Recommending a "Discouragement Policy" | 460 |
Marijuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding | 460 | |
72 | Long-Term Effects Uncertain | 478 |
Report on the Health-Related Effects of Marijuana | 478 | |
73 | The Legalization of Marijuana: Hearings | 484 |
Opinion and Recommended Ruling on the Marijuana Rescheduling Petition | 484 | |
Denial of Marijuana Scheduling Petition | 494 | |
74 | Medical Legalization of Marijuana | 534 |
Statement by the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy | 534 | |
75 | Therapeutic Benefits and Health Risks of Marijuana | 542 |
Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base | 542 | |
76 | Scientific Research on Marijuana | 552 |
White House Drug Policy Office Issues Statement on Institute of Medicine's Report on Marijuana and Medicine | 552 | |
Sources and Permissions | 555 | |
Index | 561 | |
About the Editor | 575 |
What People are Saying About This
"Anyone with an interest in social history will find this book fascinating. . . . A valuable resource and an interesting read."
Drugs and Alcohol Review
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"The sermons, speeches, medical arguments, and policy papers gathered here adequately convey changing attitudes toward these sometimes licit, sometimes illicit substances. For classes in public policy, reform, or public health or for individuals interested in these areas, this book will be exceedingly informative and useful."
Journal of the History of Medicine
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"It is a powerful, clearly written, and well-researched reference on the history of drugs in the U.S...Readers will learn much about the temperance movements and the introduction of cocaine into the American market, including coca Cola products."
Choice
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"This volume is an ambitious attempt to provide, through a collection of primary sources, an overview of the US experience with drugs and drug control. . . . Drugs in America is a splendidly edited volume, of interest both to the substance abuse specialist and the general reader."
Jama: Journal of the American Medical Association
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