Opium and the People: Opiate Use and Policy in 19th and Early 20th Century Britain - Virginia Berridge - Books - Free Association Books - 9781853434136 - 1998
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Opium and the People: Opiate Use and Policy in 19th and Early 20th Century Britain 2 Revised edition


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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

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