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The pursuit of oblivion : a global history of narcotics

Richard Davenport-Hines (Author)
A startling account of the history of drug abuse, this book forces us to reconsider many of our views on a controversial issue.
Print Book, English, 2002
Norton, New York, 2002
576 str. : ilustr. ; 24 cm.
9780393325454, 0393325458
1080414444
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