Addicts Who Survived: An Oral History of Narcotic Use America, 1923-1965

by David T. Courtwright

Book Overview

Narcotics addicts seldom leave documents recording their experiences; historians are reduced to learning about them inferentially from police records and other hostile or sketchy sources. In this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870495879
• ISBN13: 9780870495878
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

important part of medical history

This is a great book. It contains fascinating accounts from the addicts who did survive the "classic" era of opioid addiction. As an added bonus, Drs. Dole and Nyswander have given interviews recorded in this book. This is a bit of addiction treatment history that should not be forgotten.

Excellent account of narcotic use, from old-timers.

The stories describe life in the opium dens, dealing with the Federal Narcotics Farms (Texas & Kentucky)and dealing with the pressures applied in the Anslinger era. It's a telling exposé of how little progress has been made in Drug Control Policy.