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Autore |
Acker Caroline Jean <1947-> |
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Titolo |
Creating the American junkie : addiction research in the classic era of narcotic control / / Caroline Jean Acker |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Heroin abuse - Social aspects - United States |
Heroin abuse - Research - United States |
Drug addiction - Research - United States |
Drug addicts - Research - United States |
Drug addicts - Government policy - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Heroin addiction and urban vice reform -- The opportunistic approach -- The technological fix : the search for a nonaddicting analgesic -- Constructing the addict career -- The junkie as psychopath -- Healing vision and bureaucratic reality -- The addict in the social body. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Acker presents a fascinating account of how addicts' negative image came to dominate public and official perceptions, as well as how it forced some users into the mold." -- New England Journal of Medicine. |
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