Jailed for Possession
Subtitle: Illegal Drug Use, Regulation, and Power in Canada, 1920-1961 (Studies in Gender and History)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: February 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780802090294
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Drug addiction & substance abuse; 20th century; History: World; History; History - General History; Canada; Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-); Social History; Substance Abuse & Addictions - Drug Dependence; History / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-); Criminal provisions; Drug abuse; Drugs of abuse; Government policy; Law and legislation; Social aspects; Treatment
First sentence: Opiates have been described as the world's best painkillers, as an elixir for the romantic imagination, and as a dangerous cause of moral decay.