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- catalog abstract ""Spillane examines phenomena that have eluded earlier students of drug history. He explores the role of American business in fostering consumer interest in cocaine during the years when no law proscribed its use, the ways in which authorities and social agents tried nonetheless to establish informal controls on the substance, and the mixed results they achieved." "Arguing that the underground drug culture had origins other than in federal prohibition, he concludes with some thoughts on what our early experience with legalization and prohibition can tell us as we face questions about drug policy today."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11374191.
- catalog contributor b11374192.
- catalog coverage "United States.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Spillane examines phenomena that have eluded earlier students of drug history. He explores the role of American business in fostering consumer interest in cocaine during the years when no law proscribed its use, the ways in which authorities and social agents tried nonetheless to establish informal controls on the substance, and the mixed results they achieved." "Arguing that the underground drug culture had origins other than in federal prohibition, he concludes with some thoughts on what our early experience with legalization and prohibition can tell us as we face questions about drug policy today."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ch. One. A miracle of modern science : the medical use of cocaine -- Ch. Two. Debating the dangers of cocaine : the medical era, 1885-1895 -- Ch. Three. Making cocaine -- Ch. Four. Selling science : the pharmaceutical industry and cocaine -- Ch. Five. The transformation of cocaine use : the popular era, 1895-1920 -- Ch. Six. Private acts, public concerns : the emergence of the cocaine fiend -- Ch. Seven. The cautionary tale : cocaine and drug industry regulation -- Ch. Eight. Consumers' paradise : a shadow market emerges -- Conclusion : the foundations of modern drug control.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 214 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Cocaine.".
- catalog identifier "0801862302 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Cocaine.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in industry and society".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Cocaine.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "362.29/8/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Cocaine United States History.".
- catalog subject "Cocaine abuse United States History.".
- catalog subject "Cocaine history.".
- catalog subject "Cocaine industry United States History.".
- catalog subject "Cocaine-Related Disorders United States History.".
- catalog subject "Cocaine-Related Disorders history.".
- catalog subject "Drug and Narcotic Control United States History.".
- catalog subject "Drug and Narcotic Control history.".
- catalog subject "Drug control United States History.".
- catalog subject "HV5825 .S597 2000".
- catalog subject "QV 113 S756c 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. One. A miracle of modern science : the medical use of cocaine -- Ch. Two. Debating the dangers of cocaine : the medical era, 1885-1895 -- Ch. Three. Making cocaine -- Ch. Four. Selling science : the pharmaceutical industry and cocaine -- Ch. Five. The transformation of cocaine use : the popular era, 1895-1920 -- Ch. Six. Private acts, public concerns : the emergence of the cocaine fiend -- Ch. Seven. The cautionary tale : cocaine and drug industry regulation -- Ch. Eight. Consumers' paradise : a shadow market emerges -- Conclusion : the foundations of modern drug control.".
- catalog title "Cocaine : from medical marvel to modern menace in the United States, 1884-1920 / Joseph F. Spillane.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".