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White market drugs : big pharma and the hidden history of addiction in America / David Herzberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herzberg, David L. (David Lowell), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pharmaceutical policy--United States--History.
- Pharmaceutical policy.
- Drug control--United States--History.
- Drug control.
- Drug addiction.
- History.
- Narcotics.
- United States.
- Narcotics--United States--History.
- Drug addiction--United States--History.
- Pharmaceutical industry--United States--History.
- Pharmaceutical industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The first crisis. Drug wars and white markets ; "Legitimate addicts" in the first drug war
- Preventing blockbuster opioids
- The second crisis. Opioids out, barbiturates in
- A new crisis and a new response
- White markets, under control
- The third crisis. White market apocalypse
- Conclusion : learning from the past.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780226731919
- 022673191X
- Publisher Number:
- 99986197572
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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