Opium and the People - Revised Edition: Opiate Use and Policy in 19th and Early 20th Century Britain

by Virginia Berridge and Griffith Edwards

Book Overview

At the beginning of the 19th century, opium was widely used as an everyday remedy for common ailments. By the 1920s, it was classified as a dangerous drug. In an examination of the social context of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853434140
• ISBN13: 9781853434143
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Free Association Books
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.0"