The pursuit of oblivion : a social history of drugs / Richard Davenport-Hines.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Phoenix, 2004.Description: xiv, 466 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780753813713 (pbk.) :
- 0753813718 (pbk.) :
- 362.29309 DAV
- HV5825
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Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Early history -- 2.Opium during the enlightement -- 3.The patent age of new inventions -- 4.Nerves, needles and Victorial doctors -- 5.Chemistry -- 6.Degeneration -- 7.The dawn of prohibition -- 8.Law-breaking -- 9.Trafficking -- 10.The age of activity -- 11.The first drugs czar -- 12.British drug scenes -- 13.Presidential drug wars.
Spanning centuries, continents and empires, this history of illicit drug use assesses why, considering the imposition of ever harsher penalties, such behaviour continues to increase and considers where law-makers go from here.