The American disease : origins of narcotic control / David F. Musto.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

xvi, 414 pages ; 21 cm

3rd ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-390) and index.

The American disease -- Diplomats and reformers -- The Harrison Act -- The search for cures -- State and local narcotic control -- The federal assault on addiction maintenance -- The narcotic clinic era -- The troubled twenties -- Marihuana and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics -- Federal support of the medical approach -- The return of drug toleration, 1965-1985 -- Renewed efforts at control, 1986-1997 -- The dynamics of narcotic control.