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Creating the American Junkie: Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control 1st edition
Acker, Caroline Jean (Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University)
Creating the American Junkie: Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control 1st edition
Acker, Caroline Jean (Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University)
By 1940, Acker concludes, a particular configuration of ideas about opiate addiction was firmly in place and remained essentially stable until the enormous demographic changes in drug use of the 1960s and 1970s prompted changes in the understanding of addiction-and in public policy.
288 pages, 2 Line drawings, black and white
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 2, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780801883835 |
Publishers | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Pages | 288 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 19 mm · 454 g |
Language | English |