Opioids have been regarded for millennia as among the most effective drugs for the
treatment of pain. Their use in the management of acute severe pain and chronic pain …

Heroin is an opioid agonist commonly abused for its rewarding effects. Since its synthesis at
the end of the nineteenth century, its popularity as a recreational drug has ebbed and …

Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of
the natural origins and early evolution of this famous plant, highlighting its historic role in the …

'The Globalization of Addiction'presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction.
Scientific medicine has failed when it comes to addiction. There are no reliable methods to …

Illuminating a hidden and fascinating chapter in the history of globalization, Paul
Gootenberg chronicles the rise of one of the most spectacular and now illegal Latin …

This second volume on Christianity in China covers the period from 1800 onwards up to the
present, divided into three main periods, and dealing with the complexities of both Catholic …

Known to the Greeks as opos or opion, as afiun in Persian and Arabic, and fuyung in
Chinese, opium is at once a palliative and a poison. Its exotic origins, its literary …

Heroin is universally considered the world's most harmful illegal drug. This is due not only to
the damaging effects of the drug itself, but also to the spread of AIDS tied to its use …

The first critical analysis of how Whiteness drove the opioid crisis. In the past two decades,
media images of the surprisingly white “new face” of the US opioid crisis abounded. But why …

Contemporary internal diplomatic pronouncements and media report-ing on Sino-Burmese
relations in both countries, in each of which state control of the media has been ubiquitous …