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Family Practice Vol. 20, No. 1, 96
© Oxford University Press 2003

Book Review

Heroin century.

Tom Carnwath, Ian Smith. (216 pages, £14.99.) Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-27899-6.

Andrew Herxheimer

Retired clinical pharmacologist; past Council member, Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence (now DrugScope)

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Myths about heroin abound. They are now the basis of international and national policies and of widespread misery. This book traces their development and carefully deconstructs them, aiming primarily to give accurate information—not to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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