Addicts Who Survived: An Oral History of Narcotic Use in America, 1923-1965 by David T. Courtwright

Addicts Who Survived: An Oral History of Narcotic Use in America, 1923-1965

David T. Courtwright with Herman Joseph, Don Des Jarlais, Claude Brown

433 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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The authors employ the techniques of oral history to penetrate the nether world of the drug user, giving us an engrossing portrait of life in the drug subculture during the classic era of strict narcotic control.a Praise for the hardcover edition:...

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