Jailed for Possession : Illegal Drug Use, Regulation, and Power in Canada, 1920-1961
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442627277
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (240 p.)
remote
Computer data. - Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2005
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Drug Panic of the 1920s and the Drive for Chinese Exclusion -- Chapter 2. 'Hop Heads': The Effects of Criminalization, 1920-1945 -- Chapter 3. 'Hypes': Using and Quitting, 1945-1961 -- Chapter 4. 'After a Short Struggle': Police Officers and Drug Users -- Chapter 5. Proscribing Prescribing: Doctors, Drug Users, and the Division of Narcotic Control -- Chapter 6. Turning Rounders into Square Johns: Drug Users and the John Howard Society -- Chapter 7. Free Drugs or Prison for Life? Changing Approaches to Treatment -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Restrictions on Access Note: | restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in print. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted through purchase. |
Language Note: | In English. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by publisher. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) |