Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada’s Drug Laws
by
Dan Malleck
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
In the 1800s, opium and cocaine could be easily obtained to treat a range of ailments. Drug dependency, when it occurred, was considered a matter of personal vice. Near the end of the century, attitudes shifted and access to drugs became more restricted. Dan Malleck reveals how different forces converged...