The Cult of Pharmacology: How America Became the World's Most Troubled Drug Culture

by Richard DeGrandpre

Book Overview

America had a radically different relationship with drugs a century ago. Drug prohibitions were few, and while alcohol was considered a menace, the public regularly consumed substances that are widely demonized today. Heroin was marketed by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, and marijuana was available as a tincture of cannabis sold by Parke Davis and Company. Exploring how this rather benign relationship with psychoactive drugs was transformed into one of confusion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822338815
• ISBN13: 9780822338819
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.4"