Heroin

by Alex Mold

Heroin, often viewed as the "hardest drug," looms large in the popular consciousness. Heroin addiction in Britain first began to cause concern during the 1920s, yet while one group of doctors regarded the addiction as a disease which required treatment, other physicians viewed it as a vice which demanded strict control. The medical community and the government have debated both the definition of addiction--medical condition, moral failing or social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875803865
• ISBN13: 9780875803869
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher