Description: Arguing that the underground drug culture had origins other than in federal prohibition can tell us as we face questions about drug policy today.
Brief description: Joseph F. Spillane is an associate professor of history at the University of Florida. He is the author of several books, including Cocaine: From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace in the United States, 1884-1920, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Review Quotes: A new, detailed history, carefully crafted and with reader-friendly summaries.
--John C. Burnham, Journal of Social History