Addicts who survived : an oral history of narcotic use in America before 1965 / David Courtwright, Herman Joseph, and Don Des Jarlais ; with a new epilogue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Courtwright, David T., 1952-

Contributor:

Des Jarlais, Don, 1945-

Joseph, Herman, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse--United States--History--20th century.

Drug abuse.

Drug addicts--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Drug addicts.

Drug addicts--United States--Biography.

Drug control--United States--History--20th century.

Drug control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 399 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors employ the techniques of oral history to penetrate the nether world of the drug user, giving us an engrossing portrait of life in the drug subculture during the ""classic"" era of strict narcotic control. Praise for the hardcover edition: ""A momentous book which I feel is destined to become a classic in the category of scholarly narcotic books.""-Claude Brown, author of the bestseller, Manchild in the Promised Land.""The drug literature is filled with the stereotyped opinions of non-addicted, middle-class pundits who have had little direct contact

Contents:

Contents; Foreword to the 1989 Edition by Claude Brown; Acknowledgments; Alphabetical Table of Narratives; Introduction: The Classic Era of Narcotic Control; Part One: Becoming an Addict; 1. Turned On; 2. Hooked; 3. Hop; 4. The Needle; Part Two: In the Life; 5. Scoring; 6. Hustling; 7. Hooking; 8. Dealing; 9. Working; 10. Creating; 11. Busted; Part Three: Treatment; 12. The Clinics; 13. Lexington and Its Discontents; 14. Methadone Maintenance; Epilogue to the 1989 Edition: From Methadone to the Drug War; Epilogue to the 2012 Paperback Edition: America's Longest War; Appendix: The Interviews; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781572339767

1572339764

9781283948364

1283948362

OCLC:

828423847