Author: Roy Porter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780521585972

A collection of essays exploring the complex history of drugs and narcotics throughout historyfrom ancient Greece to the present dayshows that such substances were sought originally as healing agents, both within and without the medical profession. However, the mood- and mind-altering characteristics of some have led to the widespread abuse and legal controls we see today.