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". In an examination of the social context of drug taking in Victorian England, the book explains this decisive change in attitude. This revised edition examines how and why restrictive policies were put in place in the early decades of the 20th century and reveals fresh perspectives on the motivations which survive in the formation of current drug policies.
- ISBN10 0300038046
- ISBN13 9780300038040
- Publish Date 1 January 1982 (first published November 1981)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 August 1994
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 400
- Language English