When good drugs go bad : opium, medicine, and the origins of Canada's drug laws
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- ISBN: 9780774829199 (hardcover)
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xi, 305 p. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, 2015.
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General Note: | CatMonthString:september.15 |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Medicating Canada before regulation -- Opium in nineteenth century medical knowledge -- Canada's first drug laws -- Chinese opium smoking and threats to the nation -- Medicine, addiction and ideas of nation -- Madness and addiction in the asylums of English Canada -- Proprietary medicine and the nation's health -- Regulating proprietary medicine -- Drug laws and the creation of illegality -- Conclusion: Baneful influences -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | KE 3720 .M34 2015 (Text) | 58500000863258 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |