Habit Forming by Elizabeth Kelly Gray

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/124461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Habit Forming Author: Elizabeth Kelly Gray Narrator: Kitty Hendrix Format: mp3 Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins Release date: 02-28-23 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings Genres: History & Commentary Publisher's Summary: Habitual drug use in the United States is at least as old as the nation itself. Habit Forming traces the history of unregulated drug use and dependency before 1914, when the Harrison Narcotic Tax Act limited sales of opiates and cocaine under US law. Many Americans used opiates and other drugs medically and became addicted. Some tried Hasheesh Candy, injected morphine, or visited opium dens, but neither use nor addiction was linked to crime, due to the dearth of restrictive laws. After the Civil War, American presses published extensively about domestic addiction.