Green mountain opium eaters : a history of early addiction in vermont.
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Location | Format | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Fletcher Free Library - 1st Floor-Main - Local History | Non-Circulating | LOCAL HISTORY 362.293 SHA | On Shelf | |
Fletcher Free Library - 3rd Floor - Adult Non-Fiction | Book | 362.293 SHA 2017 | Checked Out | May 26, 2024 |
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[S.l.] : HISTORY PRESS, 2017.
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174 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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The green mountains, lush valleys and riotous fall colors of idyllic nineteenth-century Vermont masked a sinister underbelly. By 1900, the state was in the throes of a widespread opium epidemic that saw more than 3.3 million doses of the drug being distributed to inhabitants each and every month. Decades of infighting within the medical profession, complicit doctors and druggists, unrestricted access to opium and bogus patent medicines all contributed to the problem. Those conflicts were compounded by a hands-off legislature focused on prohibiting the consumption of alcohol. Historian Gary G. Shattuck traces this unusual aspect of Vermont's past.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Shattuck, G. G. (2017). Green mountain opium eaters: a history of early addiction in vermont . HISTORY PRESS.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shattuck, Gary G. 2017. Green Mountain Opium Eaters: A History of Early Addiction in Vermont. HISTORY PRESS.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shattuck, Gary G. Green Mountain Opium Eaters: A History of Early Addiction in Vermont HISTORY PRESS, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Shattuck, Gary G. Green Mountain Opium Eaters: A History of Early Addiction in Vermont HISTORY PRESS, 2017.
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