Dark paradise : a history of opiate addiction in America /
Courtwright, David T., 1952-
Dark paradise : a history of opiate addiction in America / David T. Courtwright. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2001. - 320p. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780674005853 (pbk.) : £15.95 0674005856 (pbk.) : £15.95
Narcotic habit--History.--United States
362.2'93'0973
Dark paradise : a history of opiate addiction in America / David T. Courtwright. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2001. - 320p. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780674005853 (pbk.) : £15.95 0674005856 (pbk.) : £15.95
Narcotic habit--History.--United States
362.2'93'0973