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Opium and the People: Opiate Use and Policy in 19th and Early 20th Century Britain Virginia Berridge 2 Revised edition
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Opium and the People: Opiate Use and Policy in 19th and Early 20th Century Britain
Virginia Berridge
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". This study examines how and why restrictive policies were put in place in the early decades of the 20th century.
370 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9781853434136 |
| Publishers | Free Association Books |
| Pages | 370 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 238 × 37 mm · 850 g |