Name: The American Disease By David F. Musto (Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine)
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The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control by David F. Musto (Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine)

The American Disease is a classic study of the development of drug laws in the USA. Supporting the theory that Americans' attitudes toward drugs have followed a cyclic pattern of tolerance and restraint, author David Musto examines the relations between public outcry and the creation of prohibitive drug laws from the end of the Civil War to the present day. The book traces the development of narcotic use, legislation, American foreign policy, attitudes towards groups associated with particular drugs, and the roles of physicians and the growing pharmaceutical industry. Originally published in 1973, with an expanded edition in 1987, this revised and expanded third edition contains a new chapter and preface that cover the renewed debate on policy and drug legislation from the end of the Reagan administration to the present Clinton administration. Musto investigates how our nation has dealt with issues including the controversies over prevention programs and mandatory minimum sentencing, the catastrophe of the crack epidemic, the fear of a heroin revival, and the continued debate over the legalization of marijuana.

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Musto makes a persuasive case for thoughtful deliberation when framing a policy against the use and abuse of drugs. He is a national asset. * the late Fred W. Friendly, former Director of Seminars on Media and Society, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. *
Mandatory reading....An important work of historical clarification....Musto tells a rich and significant story, enlivened by the foibles, myopia and hysteria of several generations of Americans, including this one. * The New York Times Book Review *
The best single text around on the evolution of our narcotics laws and the political and social climate that shaped them. * The Washington Post Book World *

About David F. Musto (Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine)

About the Author: David F. Musto, M.D., a well-known authority on drug abuse, is Professor of Child Psychiatry and the History of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.

Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Expanded Edition Preface 1. The American Disease 2. Diplomats and Reformers 3. The Harrison Act 4. The Search for Cures 5. State and Local Narcotic Control 6. The Federal Assault on Addiction Maintenance 7. The Narcotic Clinic Era 8. The Troubled Twenties 9. Marihuana and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics 10. Federal Support of the Medical Approach 11. The Return of Drug Toleration, 1965-1985 12. Renewed Efforts at Control, 1986-1997 13. The Dynamics of Narcotic Control Notes Index

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9780195125092

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The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control by David F. Musto (Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine)

Author

David F. Musto (Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine)

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Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year published

1999-04-01

Number of pages

430

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The American Disease David F. Musto (Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine)

The American Disease by David F. Musto (Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine)

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The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control by David F. Musto (Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine)

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About David F. Musto (Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Professor of Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine)

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