Creating the American Junkie

Creating the American Junkie

Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control

by Caroline Jean Acker

288 pages· 2005· ISBN 9780801883835
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"Acker presents a fascinating account of how addicts' negative image came to dominate public and official perceptions, as well as how it forced some users into the mold." -- New England Journal of Medicine

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