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Psychopharmacology: A Historical Overview of Drug Use and US Laws, Slides of Behavioural Science

An historical perspective on the use of drugs such as opium and alcohol in europe and the us during the 19th century, the temperance movements, and the enactment of various drug laws including the pure food and drug act, harrison act, prohibition, and controlled substances act.

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2011/2012

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Introduction:
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Introduction: What is psychopharmacology?

History of Drug Use: Some Perspective

  • Opium Wars

Opium

The United States of America during the nineteenth century could quite properly be described as a dope fiend’s paradise.

  • Edward M. Brecher
  • Temperance Movements
  • National Prohibition - 1920

Alcohol