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OverviewHabitual drug use in the United States is at least as old as the nation itself. Habit Forming traces the history of unregulated drug use and dependency before 1914, when the Harrison Narcotic Tax Act limited sales of opiates and cocaine under US law. Many Americans used opiates and other drugs medically and became addicted. Some tried Hasheesh Candy, injected morphine, or visited opium dens, but neither use nor addiction was linked to crime, due to the dearth of restrictive laws. After the Civil War, American presses published extensively about domestic addiction. Later in the nineteenth century, many used cocaine and heroin as medicine. As addiction became a major public health issue, commentators typically sympathized with white, middle-class drug users, while criticizing such use by poor or working-class people and people of color. When habituation was associated with middle-class morphine users, few advocated for restricted drug access. By the 1910s, as use was increasingly associated with poor young men, support for regulations increased. In outlawing users' access to habit-forming drugs at the national level, a public health problem became a larger legal and social problem, one with an enduring influence on American drug laws and their enforcement. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth Kelly Gray , Kitty HendrixPublisher: Tantor Audio Imprint: Tantor Audio ISBN: 9798212440158Publication Date: 28 February 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationElizabeth Kelly Gray is associate professor of history at Towson University. Kitty Hendrix is an Audie Award-nominated and AudioFile Award-winning actor who has narrated books since 2013 in nearly every genre. With an extensive background in professional theater, indie film, and musical performance on both the East and West coasts, she often finds herself performing books that promote personal empowerment. In fiction, with an array of accents and an expansive emotional range, she enjoys narrating dynamic and complex characters. In nonfiction she loves imparting concepts and principles in a clear, compelling, and relatable way. Kitty loves audiobook narration because she gets to apply her acting skills every day. Kitty lives in NYC with her writer husband and her Shiba Inu, Reiki. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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