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- catalog abstract ""The American Disease is a classic study of the development of drug laws in the United States. Supporting the theory that Americans' attitudes toward drugs have followed a cyclic pattern of tolerance and restraint, author David F. Musto examines the relations between public outcry and the creation of prohibitive drug laws from the end of the Civil War to the present day. This third edition contains a new chapter and preface that cover the renewed debate on policy and drug legislation from the end of the Reagan administration to the present Clinton administration."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11149317.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""The American Disease is a classic study of the development of drug laws in the United States. Supporting the theory that Americans' attitudes toward drugs have followed a cyclic pattern of tolerance and restraint, author David F. Musto examines the relations between public outcry and the creation of prohibitive drug laws from the end of the Civil War to the present day. This third edition contains a new chapter and preface that cover the renewed debate on policy and drug legislation from the end of the Reagan administration to the present Clinton administration."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-390) and index.".
- catalog description "The American disease -- Diplomats and reformers -- The Harrison Act -- The search for cures -- State and local narcotic control -- The federal assault on addiction maintenance -- The narcotic clinic era -- The troubled twenties -- Marihuana and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics -- Federal support of the medical approach -- The return of drug toleration, 1965-1985 -- Renewed efforts at control, 1986-1997 -- The dynamics of narcotic control.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 414 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195125096 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "1999 E-656".
- catalog subject "362.29/3/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Drug addiction United States History.".
- catalog subject "Drug addicts Rehabilitation United States History.".
- catalog subject "Drug and Narcotic Control United States History.".
- catalog subject "Drug control United States History.".
- catalog subject "HV 5825 M991a 1999".
- catalog subject "HV5825 .M84 1999".
- catalog subject "Legislation, Drug United States History.".
- catalog subject "Narcotic laws United States History.".
- catalog subject "Substance-Related Disorders United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The American disease -- Diplomats and reformers -- The Harrison Act -- The search for cures -- State and local narcotic control -- The federal assault on addiction maintenance -- The narcotic clinic era -- The troubled twenties -- Marihuana and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics -- Federal support of the medical approach -- The return of drug toleration, 1965-1985 -- Renewed efforts at control, 1986-1997 -- The dynamics of narcotic control.".
- catalog title "The American disease : origins of narcotic control / David F. Musto.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".