Cocaine
Subtitle: from medical marvel to modern menace in the United States, 1884-1920
By: Joseph F. Spillane.
Series: Studies in industry and society ;; 18
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Cocaine abuse -- United States -- History.; Cocaine -- United States -- History.; Cocaine industry -- United States -- History.; Drug control -- United States -- History.
Description: "Spillane examines phenomena that have eluded earlier students of drug history. He explores the role of American business in fostering consumer interest in cocaine during the years when no law proscribed its use, the ways in which authorities and social agents tried nonetheless to establish informal controls on the substance, and the mixed results they achieved.".

"Arguing that the underground drug culture had origins other than in federal prohibition, he concludes with some thoughts on what our early experience with legalization and prohibition can tell us as we face questions about drug policy today."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index.