03327nam 2200661Ia 450 991081150750332120230912185736.01-57233-976-41-283-94836-2(CKB)2550000000996548(EBL)1109183(OCoLC)828423847(SSID)ssj0000819401(PQKBManifestationID)11517651(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819401(PQKBWorkID)10854607(PQKB)10438188(MdBmJHUP)muse25001(Au-PeEL)EBL1109183(CaPaEBR)ebr10645121(CaONFJC)MIL426086(MiAaPQ)EBC1109183(EXLCZ)99255000000099654819880624h19891989 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAddicts who survived an oral history of narcotic use in America before 1965 /David Courtwright, Herman Joseph, and Don Des Jarlais ; with a new epilogue1st ed.Knoxville :University of Tennessee Press,1989.©19891 online resource (xvi, 399 pages) illustrations1-57233-937-3 0-87049-587-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword to the 1989 Edition by Claude Brown; Acknowledgments; Alphabetical Table of Narratives; Introduction: The Classic Era of Narcotic Control; Part One: Becoming an Addict; 1. Turned On; 2. Hooked; 3. Hop; 4. The Needle; Part Two: In the Life; 5. Scoring; 6. Hustling; 7. Hooking; 8. Dealing; 9. Working; 10. Creating; 11. Busted; Part Three: Treatment; 12. The Clinics; 13. Lexington and Its Discontents; 14. Methadone Maintenance; Epilogue to the 1989 Edition: From Methadone to the Drug War; Epilogue to the 2012 Paperback Edition: America's Longest War; Appendix: The Interviews; Glossary; Select Bibliography; IndexThe authors employ the techniques of oral history to penetrate the nether world of the drug user, giving us an engrossing portrait of life in the drug subculture during the ""classic"" era of strict narcotic control. Praise for the hardcover edition: ""A momentous book which I feel is destined to become a classic in the category of scholarly narcotic books.""-Claude Brown, author of the bestseller, Manchild in the Promised Land.""The drug literature is filled with the stereotyped opinions of non-addicted, middle-class pundits who have had little direct contactDrug abuseUnited StatesHistory20th centuryDrug addictsNew York (State)New YorkBiographyDrug addictsUnited StatesBiographyDrug controlUnited StatesHistory20th centuryDrug abuseHistoryDrug addictsDrug addictsDrug controlHistory362.2/93/0922Courtwright David T.1952-1617244Des Jarlais Don1945-981889Joseph Herman1931-1617245MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811507503321Addicts who survived3948332UNINA