The American Disease Origins of Narcotic Control

by Musto, David F.

• ISBN13: 9780195125092
• ISBN10: 0195125096
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The American Disease is a classic study of the development of drug laws in the United States. Supporting the theory that Americans' attitudes toward drugs have followed a cyclic pattern of tolerance and restraint, author David F. Musto examines the relationz between public outcry and thecreation of prohibitive drug laws from the end of the Civil War up to the present. Originally published in 1973, and then in an expanded edition in 1987, this third edition contains a new chapter and preface that both address the renewed debate on policy and drug legislation from the end of the Reagan administration to the current Clinton administration. Here, Musto thoroughlyinvestigates how our nation has dealt with such issues as 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition	vii	(2)
Preface to the Expanded Edition	ix	(4)
Preface	xiii
1. The American Disease	1	(23)
2. Diplomats and Reformers	24	(30)
3. The Harrison Act	54	(15)
4. The Search for Cures	69	(22)
5. State and Local Narcotic Control	91	(30)
6. The Federal Assault on Addiction Maintenance	121	(30)
7. The Narcotic Clinic Era	151	(32)
8. The Troubled Twenties	183	(27)
9. Marihuana and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics	210	(20)
10. Federal Support of the Medical Approach	230	(15)
11. The Return of Drug Toleration, 1965-1985	245	(28)
12. Renewed Efforts at Control, 1986-1997	273	(21)
13. The Dynamics of Narcotic Control	294	(7)
Notes	301	(90)
Index	391