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Addicts who survived : an oral history of narcotic use in America, 1923-1965 / David Courtwright, Herman Joseph, and Don Des Jarlais ; with a foreword by Claude Brown.

Dark paradise : opiate addiction in America before 1940 / David T. Courtwright.

Forces of habit : drugs and the making of the modern world / David T. Courtwright.

Violent land : single men and social disorder from the frontier to the inner city / David T. Courtwright.

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Courtwright, David T., 1952-

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Addicts who survived : an oral history of narcotic use in America, 1923-1965 / David Courtwright, Herman Joseph, and Don Des Jarlais ; with a foreword by Claude Brown.

Dark paradise : opiate addiction in America before 1940 / David T. Courtwright.

Forces of habit : drugs and the making of the modern world / David T. Courtwright.

Violent land : single men and social disorder from the frontier to the inner city / David T. Courtwright.