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Strange trips : science, culture, and the regulation of drugs / Lucas Richert.
Author
Richert, Lucas, 1979-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.
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Drugs
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Canada
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Drugs of abuse
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Canada
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Drugs
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United States
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Drugs of abuse
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United States
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Series
McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 51.
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McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 51
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Summary note
"Drugs take strange journeys from the black market to the doctor's black bag. Changing marijuana laws in the United States and Canada, the opioid crisis, and the rising costs of pharmaceuticals have sharpened the public's awareness of drugs and their regulation. Government, industry, and the medical profession, however, have a mixed record when it comes to framing policies and generating knowledge to address drug use and misuse. In Strange Trips Lucas Richert investigates the myths, meanings, and boundaries of recreational drugs, palliative care drugs, and pharmaceuticals as well as struggles over product innovation, consumer protection, and freedom of choice in the medical marketplace. Scrutinizing how we have conceptualized and regulated drugs amid the pressing and competing interests of state regulatory bodies, pharmaceutical and for-profit companies, scientific researchers, and medical professionals, Richert asks how perceptions of a product shift--from dangerous substance to medical breakthrough, or vice versa. Through close examination of archival materials, accounts, and records, he brings substances into conversation with each other and demonstrates the contentious relationship between scientific knowledge, cultural assumptions, and social concerns. Weaving together stories of consumer resistance and government control, Strange Trips offers timely recommendations for the future of drug regulations."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Medical heroin's return to Canada : pain, palliative care, and colonial medicine
Justifying junk : heroin in the American hospice during Reagan's war on drugs
Laetrile's life cycle after the death of Steve McQueen
LSD's return from the wilderness
Civilizing cannabis in Canada
The "maple peril" and the war on terror : pharmaceutical purchasing in the wake of September
American obesity and diet pills : dangerous drugs on every corner
A ketamine conclusion.
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ISBN
0773556524
9780773556539 ((ePUB))
0773556532
9780773556522 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
1080207951
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