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Dark paradise

by David T. Courtwright

1982 270 pages eng

History
Opium abuse Opium trade Opioid-Related Disorders Heroin Toxicomanes Heroin abuse Opium Drogues Drug addiction Emploi en thérapeutique History, 19th Century Drug addicts History, 20th Century Droit Commerce Therapeutic use Law and legislation History

"David T. Courtwright offers an 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 delinquent or criminal record. Challenging the prevailing …

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