Rehab on the Range: A History of Addiction and Incarceration in the American West

by Holly M. Karibo

The first study of the Fort Worth Narcotic Farm, an institution that played a critical role in fusing the War on Drugs, mass incarceration, and public health in the American West.

In 1929, the United States government approved two ground-breaking and controversial drug addiction treatment programs. At a time when fears about a supposed rise in drug use reached a fevered pitch, the emergence of the nation's first "narcotic farms" in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477330348
• ISBN13: 9781477330340
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.