In a newly enlarged edition of this eye-opening book, David T.
Courtwright offers an original interpretation of a puzzling chapter
in American social and medical history: the dramatic change in the
pattern of opiate addiction--from respectable upper-class matrons
to lower-class urban males, often with a criminal record.
Challenging the prevailing view that the shift resulted from harsh
new laws, Courtwright shows that the crucial role was played by the
medical rather than the legal profession.
"Dark Paradise" tells the story not only from the standpoint of
legal and medical sources, but also from the perspective of addicts
themselves. With the addition of a new introduction and two new
chapters on heroin addiction and treatment since 1940, Courtwright
has updated this compelling work of social history for the present
crisis of the Drug War.
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