French authorities did not hesitate to take legal action against addicts and the doctors who prescribed drugs to them Drawing on primary documents Howard Padwa examines the factors that led to these disparate approaches He finds that national policies were influenced by shifts in the composition of drug using populations of the two countries and a marked divergence in British and French conceptions of citizenshipBeyond shared concerns about public health and morality Britain and France had different understandings of the threat that opiate abuse posed to their respective communities Padwa traces the evolution of thinking on the matter in both countries explaining why Britain
social epub poison pdf Social Poison PDFEPUBFrench authorities did not hesitate to take legal action against addicts and the doctors who prescribed drugs to them Drawing on primary documents Howard Padwa examines the factors that led to these disparate approaches He finds that national policies were influenced by shifts in the composition of drug using populations of the two countries and a marked divergence in British and French conceptions of citizenshipBeyond shared concerns about public health and morality Britain and France had different understandings of the threat that opiate abuse posed to their respective communities Padwa traces the evolution of thinking on the matter in both countries explaining why Britain