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Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America
David T. Courtwright
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| #1267871 in Books | 2001-05-31 | 2001-05-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.88 x6.13l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 352 pages||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Omissions|By Harvey C. Greisman|This original and pioneering study, which first appeared nearly thirty years ago, is still important, worthwhile, and necessary for anyone concerned with the issues discussed. Yet what disappointed then continues to do so.
The author is somewhat inconsistent in his use and evaluation of indirect and inferential evidence. He notes that||[An] impeccably literate and acute analysis...One of the major themes of this book is that 'what we think about addiction very much depends on who is addicted.' This view is convincingly supported in a historical review that is both absorbing to read and extre
In 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 ...
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