Creating the American Junkie Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control |
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| Author:
| Acker, Caroline Jean |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-7453-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2003 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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By 1940, Acker concludes, a particular configuration of ideas about opiate addiction was firmly in place and remained essentially stable until the enormous demographic changes in drug use of the 1960s and 1970s prompted changes in the understanding of addiction--and in public policy.
By 1940, Acker concludes, a particular configuration of ideas about opiate addiction was firmly in place and remained essentially stable until the enormous demographic changes in drug use of the 1960s and 1970s prompted changes in the understanding of addiction--and in public policy.