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Dark Paradise

A History of Opiate Addiction in America

David T. Courtwright

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ISBN 9780674005853

Publication Date: 05/31/2001

352 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

1 map, 10 tables

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HISTORY: United States: 19th Century

Preface, 2001
A Note on Terminology and Spelling
Introduction
1. The Extent of Opiate Addiction
2. Addiction to Opium and Morphine
3. Addiction to Smoking Opium
4. Addiction to Heroin
5. The Transformation of the Opiate Addict
6. Heroin in Postwar America
7. The Drug Wars
Appendix: Addiction Rate and City Size
Abbreviations
Notes Bibliography
Index

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Listen to David Courtwright discuss the history of opium addiction in the United States with radio personality (and medical professional) Dr. Drew in three in-depth conversations: Facts and Myths: Opium and Morphine Use in 19th-Century America | From Patients to Criminals | Addiction “Cures” of the Late 19th Century
On the NPR podcast Throughline, listen to Professor Courtwright discuss the history behind America’s current opioid epidemic
Read a 2018 New York Times unsigned editorial that uses Courtwright’s research to argue that strong political leadership is needed to combat the new opioid crisis
Read Smithsonian and Washington Post features, informed by Courtwright’s research, on the history of opiate addiction
Listen to Courtwright discuss America’s opioid crisis on the Association of American Colleges and Universities podcast The Academic Minute
Listen to Courtwright discuss opioids with respect to America’s race problem on the podcast In Sickness and in Health [transcript]
View a series of Askimo interviews with Courtwright

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