Social poison : the culture and politics of opiate control in Britain and France, 1821-1926 / Howard Padwa.

This comparative history examines the divergent paths Britain and France took in managing opiate abuse during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Though the governments of both nations viewed rising levels of opiate use as a problem, Britain and France took opposite courses of action...

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Main Author: Padwa, Howard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
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