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The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America's First Prison for Drug Addicts
The Narcotic Farm The Rise and Fall of America's First Prison for Drug Addicts
Author: Nancy D. Campbell, J.P. Olsen, Luke Walden
From 1935 until 1975, just about every junkie busted for dope went to the Narcotic Farm. Equal parts federal prison, treatment center, farm, and research laboratory, the Farm was designed to rehabilitate addicts and help researchers discover a cure for drug addiction. Although it began as a bold and ambitious public works project, and became fam...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780810972865
ISBN-10: 0810972867
Publication Date: 10/1/2008
Pages: 208
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: Abrams
Book Type: Hardcover
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