A history of drug-taking, telling the story across five centuries of addicts and users: monarchs, prime ministers, great writers and composers, wounded soldiers, overworked physicians, oppressed housewives, exhausted labourers, high-powered businessmen, playboys, sex workers, pop stars, seedy losers, stressed adolescents, defiant schoolchildren, the victims of the ghetto, and happy young people on a spree.
It is also the history of one bad idea, prohibition.
'You'll find almost everything you ever wanted to know about drugs in this work, except how to get hold of them'
Simon Garfield, FINANCIAL TIMES
'Everyone with any influence on government policy should read this book and wake up before it is too late'
Phillip Knightley, SUNDAY TIMES
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Descripción Paperback. Condición: Fine. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR010875163
Descripción Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The first ever comprehensive single-volume history of narcotics and illicit stimulants. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR003204591
Descripción Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.32. Nº de ref. del artículo: G0753813718I3N00
Descripción 21.0 x 13.0cms, 466pp b/w illusts, very good paperback & cover The chapters are: early history; opium during the Enlightenment; the patent age of new inventions; nerves, needles & Victorian doctors; chemistry; degeneration; the dream of prohibition; law-breaking; trafficking; the age of anxiety; the first drug czar; British drug scenes; presidential drugs wars; so passe. Nº de ref. del artículo: 191653
Descripción Condición: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 1.32. Nº de ref. del artículo: 353-0753813718-gdd