In 1919, in the face of mounting drug addiction, the United States Department of the Treasury attempted to control this epidemic by opening treatment clinics across the country. Most of them failed miserably, but Dr. Willis Butler, who served as Caddo Parish Coroner for almost f…
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This dissertation focuses on historic changes in public perception of narcotic use and abuse from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth. From the 1840s to the outbreak of Civil War, politicians, physicians, the general public, and state and federal government remained …
Explains the dangers of using heroin, also known as smack, h, junk, and skag; and focuses on what it is, the history of the drug, who uses it, the dangers of using opioids, the legal consequences, controversial issues, and possible treatment options.
Explains the dangers of using heroin, also known as smack, h, junk, and skag; and focuses on what it is, the history of the drug, who uses it, the dangers of using opioids, the legal consequences, controversial issues, and possible treatment options.
Explains the dangers of using heroin, also known as smack, H, junk, and skag; and focuses on what it is, the history of the drug, who uses it, the dangers of using opioids, the legal consequences, controversial issues, and possible treatment options.
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In fascinating detail, Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin--the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, 2 to 3 t…
Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin-- the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, 2 to 3 times purer than its wh…