When Good Drugs Go Bad

Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada’s Drug Laws

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, Health Policy, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, History
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Author: Dan Malleck ISBN: 9780774829229
Publisher: UBC Press Publication: July 15, 2015
Imprint: UBC Press Language: English
Author: Dan Malleck
ISBN: 9780774829229
Publisher: UBC Press
Publication: July 15, 2015
Imprint: UBC Press
Language: English

In the 1800s, opium and cocaine could be easily obtained to treat a range of ailments. Drug dependency, when it occurred, was considered a matter of personal vice. Near the end of the century, attitudes shifted and access to drugs became more restricted. Dan Malleck reveals how different forces converged in the early 1900s to influence lawmakers and set the course for the drug laws that exist today. As this book shows, social concerns about drug addiction had less to do with the long pipe and shadowy den than with lobbying by medical professionals, concern about the morality and future of the nation, and a burgeoning pharmaceutical industry.

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In the 1800s, opium and cocaine could be easily obtained to treat a range of ailments. Drug dependency, when it occurred, was considered a matter of personal vice. Near the end of the century, attitudes shifted and access to drugs became more restricted. Dan Malleck reveals how different forces converged in the early 1900s to influence lawmakers and set the course for the drug laws that exist today. As this book shows, social concerns about drug addiction had less to do with the long pipe and shadowy den than with lobbying by medical professionals, concern about the morality and future of the nation, and a burgeoning pharmaceutical industry.

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