03487nam 2200721Ia 450 991081950860332120230607222807.00-674-26278-60-674-02991-710.4159/9780674029910(CKB)1000000000786736(StDuBDS)AH23050648(SSID)ssj0000134850(PQKBManifestationID)11143435(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134850(PQKBWorkID)10056535(PQKB)10559807(MiAaPQ)EBC3300349(Au-PeEL)EBL3300349(CaPaEBR)ebr10315854(OCoLC)923110754(DE-B1597)574333(DE-B1597)9780674029910(OCoLC)1294423463(EXLCZ)99100000000078673620010102d2001 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrDark paradise a history of opiate addiction in America /David T. CourtwrightEnl. ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press20011 online resource (270p. ) illBibliography: p225-263. _ Includes index.0-674-19261-3 0-674-00585-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-316) and index.Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface, 2001 -- A Note on Terminology and Spelling -- Introduction -- 1 The Extent of Opiate Addiction -- 2 Addiction to Opium and Morphine -- 3 Addiction to Smoking Opium -- 4 Addiction to Heroin -- 5 The Transformation of the Opiate Addict -- 6 Heroin in Postwar America -- 7 The Drug Wars -- Appendix: Addiction Rate and City Size -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn a newly enlarged edition of this eye-opening book, David T. Courtwright offers an original interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history: the dramatic change in the pattern of opiate addiction--from respectable upper-class matrons to lower-class urban males, often with a criminal record. Challenging the prevailing view that the shift resulted from harsh new laws, Courtwright shows that the crucial role was played by the medical rather than the legal profession. Dark Paradise tells the story not only from the standpoint of legal and medical sources, but also from the perspective of addicts themselves. With the addition of a new introduction and two new chapters on heroin addiction and treatment since 1940, Courtwright has updated this compelling work of social history for the present crisis of the Drug War.Opium abuseUnited StatesHistoryOpiumTherapeutic useHistoryMorphine abuseHeroin abuseDrug addictsHistoryOpium tradeLaw and legislationUnited StatesHistoryOpium abuseHistory.OpiumTherapeutic useHistory.Morphine abuse.Heroin abuse.Drug addictsHistory.Opium tradeLaw and legislationHistory.362.2930973362.2930973Courtwright David T.1952-1617244MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819508603321Dark paradise4080228UNINA