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When Good Drugs Go Bad: Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws

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When Good Drugs Go Bad: Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws - Malleck, Dan
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"Throughout the 1800s, opium and cocaine could be easily obtained to treat a range of ailments in Canada. Dependency, when it occurred, was considered a matter of personal vice. Near the end of the century, attitudes shifted and access to drugs became more restricted. How did this happen? In this intoxicating history, Dan Malleck examines the conditions that lead to Canada's current drug laws. Drawing on newspaper accounts, medical and pharmacy journals, professional association records, asylum records, physician case books ...

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When Good Drugs Go Bad: Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws 2016, University of British Columbia Press, Seattle

ISBN-13: 9780774829205

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When Good Drugs Go Bad: Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws 2015, University of British Columbia Press, Seattle

ISBN-13: 9780774829199

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