| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-379) and index. |
| Contents |
Documents 1-3: discovering the dangers of addiction -- Documents 4-6: the spread of addiction and the call to action in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries -- Document 7: Proving Coca-cola is harmless -- Document 8: Smuggling drugs after the Smoking Opium Exclusion Act -- Documents 9-10: the Federal Government Acts against alcohol and narcotics -- Documents 11-12: calls for addiction to be treated as a disease -- Documents 13-15: the American government reports on, and attempts to act against, the health hazards of tobacco -- Document 16: the government tackles steroids -- Documents 17-18: beyond substance : beginning to recognize behavioral addictions -- Further reading. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Drug addiction -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Alcoholism -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Substance abuse -- Treatment -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Added Author |
Cunningham, Jacob.
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| ISBN |
9781598842302 |
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