Drug policy / editor, Michael Shally-Jensen, PhD.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shally-Jensen, Michael, editor.

Series:

Defining documents in American history (Salem Press)

Defining documents in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug control--United States--History--Sources.

Drug control.

Pharmaceutical policy--United States--History--Sources.

Pharmaceutical policy.

Drug addiction--United States--History--Sources.

Drug addiction.

Vaccines--Government policy--United States--History--Sources.

Vaccines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 566 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press : Grey House Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

It is clear that national attitudes about drug use, from tobacco and alcohol to heroin, have never been easy to resolve. Some argue for strict control, some for taxation and regulation, and some for legalization. This set takes a close look at the history of this country s drug policies, treatment options, and epidemics alcohol, opium, morphine, heroin, marijuana, crack cocaine, and the opioid crisis and includes documents related to contemporary issues such as corporate accountability, controversial treatment, sentencing, racial and economic factors, and organized crime. The two-volume set includes in-depth chapters that provide a thorough commentary of significant primary source documents. (Publisher).

Contents:

Volume 1: Alcohol and Antialcohol Efforts Over Time

"Wo to Drunkards"

An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits

The Whiskey Tax of 1791 and George Washington's Proclamation regarding the Whiskey Rebellion

The Nature and Occasions of Intemperance

Lincoln's "Temperance Address"

Laws for the Suppression of Drinking Houses and Tippling Shops

Address before the Second Biennial Convention of the World Women's Christian Temperance Union

Carrie Nation on Her Life as a Temperance Crusader

An Argument for Prohibition

Billy Sunday: "Get on the Water Wagon"

Volstead Act

National Prohibition Law Hearings

The Wickersham Commission Report on Crime and Prohibition

Alcoholics Anonymous "Big Book"

Drugs and Drug Abuse in Earlier Decades

"Haunts of the Opium Smoker"

Cocaine Toothache Drops Advertisement

Pemberton's French Wine Coca

Harrison Narcotic Act

"Mother Sacrifices Children, Home, Reputation for Dope."

Reefer Madness

Marihuana Tax Act of 1937

Senate Hearings on Narcotics Trafficking

"Dope: Congress Encourages the Traffic"

Report of the Joint Committee of the American Bar Association and the American Medical Association on Narcotic Drugs

The Emergence of Public Health

A Historical Account of the Smallpox Inoculation in New England

Invoice for Medical Supplies

From "The Great American Fraud"

Pure Food and Drug Act

Henry Ford on Smoking

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938.

Volume 2: Drug Policy and Opinion-From the 1960s to Today

Address at the White House Conference on Drug Abuse

Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert Defend Psilocybin Research

Richard Nixon's Special Message to Congress on the Control of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

Controlled Substances Act

Section 202

Interview with Dr. Robert DuPont

"The World Heroin Problem"

Richard Nixon's Message to Congress on Drug Abuse Prevention and Control

Jimmy Carter's Drug Policy Message

Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" Message to the Nation

"Sandinistas, Cocaine Traffic in U.S. Linked"

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986

Summary

George Bush's Address to the Nation on National Drug Control Strategy

Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy

Executive Summary

On Combating Methamphetamine Abuse by Using an Earlier Strategy (for Quaalude Abuse)

Board of Education v. Earls

Statement and News Release regarding Purdue OxyContin Case

Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008

The Adderall Diaries

2010 National Drug Control Strategy

Memorandum regarding the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act

"Is the Era of OxyContin Abuse Over?"

Department of Justice Statement on Opioid Abuse and the Heroin Epidemic

One by One

Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act

Public Health and Public Opinion in Interaction

"A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers"

On the Polio Vaccine Situation

Special Report: Smoking and Health

Testimony from the 1994 Tobacco Hearings

Retraction of Lancet Paper on MMR Vaccine and Autism

Opening Statement in Congressional Hearings on Steroid Use in Baseball

"Part D from Outer Space"

California's Vaccination Law.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781642654028

1642654027

OCLC:

1158575410