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Opium and the People: Opiate Use and Drug Control Policy in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century England
Opium and the People Opiate Use and Drug Control Policy in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century England
Author: Virginia Berridge
At the beginning of the 19th century, opium was widely used as an everyday remedy for common ailments. By the 1920s, it was classified as a "dangerous drug". In an examination of the social context of drug taking in Victorian England, the book explains this decisive change in attitude. This revised edition examines how and why restrictive polici...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781853434143
ISBN-10: 1853434140
Pages: 419
Edition: Revised
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Publisher: Free Association Books
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