The Pursuit of Oblivion
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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics
By Richard Davenport-Hines, Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-HinesWritten with encyclopedic scope, this candid, sober, hard-hitting history of the global drug trade takes the reader back five centuries to the origins of the modern narcotics industry in the Western world. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Social History of Drugs
By Richard Davenport-Hines... Synthetic Panics (1999),22. 14. Erich Goode, the American Marihuana Market Works', New Society, 11 June 1970, 'How 992–4. 15. Marks, 'Opium', 1439. 16. Richard Crossman, The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, III (1977), 836–7. 17.
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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics
By Richard Davenport-HinesDrawing on evidence from five centuries, "The Pursuit of Oblivion" is considered the standard work on this subject of global importance.
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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Social History of Drugs
By Richard Davenport-Hines'You'll find almost everything you ever wanted to know about drugs in this work, except how to get hold of them' Simon Garfield, FINANCIAL TIMES 'Everyone with any influence on government policy should read this book and wake up before it ...
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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics 1500-2000
By Richard Davenport-HinesExamines how licit medicines developed into the commodity of a huge illicit bus.
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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Social History of Drugs
By Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-HinesThe first ever comprehensive single-volume history of narcotics and illicit stimulants.