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The pursuit of oblivion: a global history of narcotics
The pursuit of oblivion: a global history of narcotics
Author
Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (Richard Peter Treadwell), 1953-
Publisher
Norton
Publication Date
2002
Language
English
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From the Book - 1st American ed.
1. Early history
2. Opium during the enlightenment
3. The patent age of new inventions
4. Nerves, needles and Victorian doctors
5. Chemistry
6. Degeneration
7. The dawn of prohibition
8. Law-breaking
9. Trafficking
10. The age of anxiety
11. The first drugs czar
12. British drug scenes
13. Presidential drugs wars
14. So passé.
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Drug abuse
Drug abuse -- History
Drug control
Drug control -- History
Drugs of abuse
Drugs of abuse -- History
Drug traffic
Drug traffic -- History
History
Narcotics
Narcotics -- History
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9780393051896
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