The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control

by David F. Musto

Overview

A timely and important study in an era of 'crack down on crack' campaigns and controversy surrounding mandatory drug-testing, The American Disease examines the relationship between public outcry and the creation of prohibitive drug laws from the end of the Civil War to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198028925
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/22/1999
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	708 KB

About the Author

About the Author:
David F. Musto, M.D., a well-known authority on drug abuse, is Professor of Psychiatry and the History of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third EditionPreface to the Expanded EditionPreface1. The American Disease2. Diplomats and Reformers3. The Harrison Act4. The Search for Cures5. State and Local Narcotic Control6. The Federal Assault on Addiction Maintenance7. The Narcotic Clinic Era8. The Troubled Twenties9. Marihuana and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics10. Federal Support of the Medical Approach11. The Return of Drug Toleration, 1965-198512. Renewed Efforts at Control, 1986-199713. The Dynamics of Narcotic ControlNotesIndex

Editorial Reviews

"Musto makes a persuasive case for thoughtful deliberation when framing a policy against the use and abuse of drugs. He is a national asset."—the late Fred W. Friendly, former Director of Seminars on Media and Society, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

"Mandatory reading....An important work of historical clarification....Musto tells a rich and significant story, enlivened by the foibles, myopia and hysteria of several generations of Americans, including this one."—The New York Times Book Review

"The best single text around on the evolution of our narcotics laws and the political and social climate that shaped them."—The Washington Post Book World

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