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The Resource White market drugs : big pharma and the hidden history of addiction in America, David Herzberg

White market drugs : big pharma and the hidden history of addiction in America, David Herzberg

Label
White market drugs : big pharma and the hidden history of addiction in America
Title
White market drugs
Title remainder
big pharma and the hidden history of addiction in America
Statement of responsibility
David Herzberg
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"The vast majority of American experiences with drugs and addiction in America take place in white markets, where the legal and medically approved and prescribed drugs change hands. Historian David Herzberg recovers the rich but largely forgotten history of these white markets, restoring some of the nation's most widely prescribed medicines to their proper role as central to the history of addiction and drug policy. White Market Drugs is the first book to set today's opioid crisis in its proper place in history. Today's crisis is the most recent of three major epidemics of addition to pharmaceuticals, and by turning back the clock, Herzberg uncovers the causes of previous crises and the efforts made to grapple with them. Brilliantly instructive, White Market Drugs forces us to rethink our most basic ideas about drug policy, and even about what addiction is. These ideas have been failing us catastrophically for over a century. Herzberg shows us why and provides a comprehensive policy solution"--
Cataloging source
ICU/DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Herzberg, David L.
Dewey number
  • 362.1782
  • 362.29
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Pharmaceutical policy
  • Drug control
  • Narcotics
  • Drug addiction
  • Pharmaceutical industry
Target audience
adult
Label
White market drugs : big pharma and the hidden history of addiction in America, David Herzberg
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- The first crisis. Drug wars and white markets ; "Legitimate addicts" in the first drug war -- Preventing blockbuster opioids -- The second crisis. Opioids out, barbiturates in -- A new crisis and a new response -- White markets, under control -- The third crisis. White market apocalypse -- Conclusion : learning from the past
Control code
000067051259
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
365 pages
Isbn
9780226731889
Lccn
2020017334
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1145096823
Label
White market drugs : big pharma and the hidden history of addiction in America, David Herzberg
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- The first crisis. Drug wars and white markets ; "Legitimate addicts" in the first drug war -- Preventing blockbuster opioids -- The second crisis. Opioids out, barbiturates in -- A new crisis and a new response -- White markets, under control -- The third crisis. White market apocalypse -- Conclusion : learning from the past
Control code
000067051259
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
365 pages
Isbn
9780226731889
Lccn
2020017334
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1145096823

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