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The history of America's use of drugs from women of the early 1900s who were given opiates for childbirth, to the spread of marijuana and heroin use, to today's use of crack and Xstacy
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Exceptionally well-researched, this is the first comprehensive history of illegal drug use in America. Jonnes, a journalist and historian who recently curated a new museum for the Drug Enforcement Agency, wisely focuses on a succession of individuals to continually return to a human level what otherwise could have been an abstract sociological overview. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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