Title The pursuit of oblivion : a global history of narcotics / Richard Davenport-Hines.

Publication Info.	New York : Norton, [2002]
	©2002

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	HV5801 .D25 2002	Available	---

Edition	1st American ed.
Description	576 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-547) and index.
Contents	1. Early history -- 2. Opium during the enlightenment -- 3. The patent age of new inventions -- 4. Nerves, needles and Victorian doctors -- 5. Chemistry -- 6. Degeneration -- 7. The dawn of prohibition -- 8. Law-breaking -- 9. Trafficking -- 10. The age of anxiety -- 11. The first drugs czar -- 12. British drug scenes -- 13. Presidential drugs wars -- 14. So passé.
Subject	Drug abuse -- History.
	Drug abuse.
	History.
	Narcotics -- History.
	Narcotics.
	Drugs of abuse -- History.
	Drugs of abuse.
	Drug traffic -- History.
	Drug traffic.
	Drug control -- History.
	Drug control.
ISBN	0393051897