NCJ Number
11075
Journal
New Yorker Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 24, 1973) Pages: 76,7880,85-86,88,93-113
Date Published
1973
Length
28 pages
Annotation
OUTLINE AND DISCUSSION OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC IN ENGLAND AND EARLY ATTEMPTS TO COMBAT IT.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR TRACES THE USE OF HEROIN IN ENGLAND FROM THE EARLY DAYS WHEN IT WAS FIRST USED AS A COUGH REMEDY UNTIL 1967 WHEN DRUG ADDICTION CLINICS WERE OPENED FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTS. UP UNTIL THIS TIME ADDICTS COULD USUALLY OBTAIN PRESCRIPTIONS FROM PRIVATE PHYSICIANS. MOST OF THE ADDICTS IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF HEROIN'S SPREAD WERE EITHER DOCTORS THEMSELVES OR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD BECOME ADDICTED IN THE COURSE OF BEING TREATED FOR SOME DISORDER. FOR THE SECOND PART OF THIS TWO-PART ARTICLE, SEE NCJ-11074.