Cocaine

by Joseph F. Spillane

Book Overview

Winner of the Addiction Book Award from the Society for the Study of Addiction

In 1884 American physicians discovered the anesthetic value of cocaine, and over the next three decades this substance derived from the coca plant became so popular that it became, ironically, a public health problem. Demand exceeded supply; abuse proliferated. The black market produced a legendary underground of cocaine fiends. As attempts at regulation failed,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801871166
• ISBN13: 9780801871160
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.7"