Hep-cats, narcs, and pipe dreams
a history of America's romance with illegal drugs
Drugs, law and legislation
Control of Narcotics
Illicit Drugs
Pharmaceutical policy
Drug and Narcotic Control
Drug traffic
Substance-Related Disorders
Drug abuse
Government policy
History
Once upon a time in America, morphine and cocaine were routinely sold in pharmacies, and gamblers and rogues gathered in shadowy basements to smoke opium. So begins Hep-Cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams, Jill Jonnes's groundbreaking and textured history of illegal drugs in America. As the Victorian age d…
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