Discovering addiction the science and politics of substance abuse research

Discovering Addiction brings the history of human and animal experimentation in addiction science into the present with a wealth of archival research and dozens of oral-history interviews with addiction researchers. Professor Campbell examines the birth of addiction science--the National Academy of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campbell, Nancy D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2007, ©2007
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Framing the "opium problem" : protoscientific concepts of addiction
  • Creatures of habit : feeding the "junkie monkeys" of Michigan
  • "A new deal for the drug addict" : addiction research moves to Lexington, Kentucky
  • "The man with the syringe" : pain and pleasure in the experimental situation
  • "The tightrope between coercion and seduction" : characterizing the ethos of addiction research at Lexington
  • "The great hue and cry" : prison reform and the ethics of human subjects research
  • "The behavior is always right" : behavioral pharmacology comes of age
  • "The hijacked brain" : reimagining addiction
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-286) and index