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Zusatztext 'The book is written with insight and humour. It provides an informative platform for any future debate about heroin and how we can move away from the current impasse.' - John Witton! Drug Link'This fascinating account should be read by anyone who wants to stay informed on the drugs debate.' - New Statesman'If you read no other book on drug misuse! read this one ... this is an intelligent book that requires intelligent reading ... at the very least you will be well informed but at most you will be greatly entertained.' - British Journal of General Practice'This level-headed! informative and witty book ... should be read by every politician! parent and physician.' - The Economist Informationen zum Autor Tom Carnwath is a Consultant Psychiatrist currently working with drug misuse services in Manchester. Ian Smith has trained in sociology and is currently Service Development Manager for drug services in Manchester. Klappentext Heroin first saw the light of day a century and a quarter ago in a laboratory in Paddington Station, London. Since then it has spread across most parts of the world in fits and starts, temporarily held up here or blocked there, but pushing on with a persistence that has eventually overcome all obstacles. Despite the reach of heroin, the information on which public debate about heroin is based is quite often wrong. Tom Carnwath and Ian Smith have written "The Heroin Century to set the record straight. Their fascinating account of the development and use of this twentieth-century drug provides a wealth of factual information alongside some informed insights into the future for heroin in the twenty-first century. Topics include: methods of heroin production and distribution; types of heroin and methods of consumption; government attempts to control the spread of heroin; patterns of heroin use; heroin and its relationship to creativity; physiological and medicinal effects of heroin; the relationshipbetween heroin and crime; and treatments for heroin use. Zusammenfassung This fascinating account of the development and use of this twentieth-century drug provides a wealth of factual information alongside some informed insights into the future for heroin in the twenty-first century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Next Add 5mls Human Blood - The Production of Heroin 2. From Mouth-Organs to Bazookas - The Pharmacology of Heroin 3. How To X-Ray a Camel - The Spread of Heroin and Attempts at Control 4. The Righteous Dope - Fiend - Heroin Dependence and Drug 'Careers' 5. How to Stop Time - The Experience of Heroin Use 6. Ripping and Running - Heroin and Crime 7. The Hardest Drug of the Gentle Drug - Heroin and Health 8. Shots from the Drug Pub - The Treatment of Heroin Addiction 9. Beyond the Needle - Heroin Use in the Future...
