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New York:: Grove Press,, (1981). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. An update to his classic study, "The Pleasure Seekers" this begins with the question "Does anyone care?" and goes on to describe a society where addictive substances -including legal ones like alcohol, caffeine and nicotine - are increasingly a part of our society. He points out the criminalization of just a small portion of these substances and the application of drug laws hide the real issue - one which is becoming more obvious now that addiction to prescription opiates is becoming one of the pressing health issues in the US. Bibliography, index. 160 pp.

Tucson:: University of Arizona Press,, 1994.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A look at four centuries of debate over the coca leaf - from the time of the Spanish conquest through modern days. Map, extensive notes, bibliography, index. 245 pp.

New York:: Clarkson Potter,, 1984.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall good condition in a near fine dj.. First printing. Focuses on the different types of cocaine users, using actual case studies. Designed to inform and disenchant. Index. 276 pp.

New York:: McGraw-Hill,, 1968.. Hardcover first edition -. Good in Very Good dust jacket (boards slightly bent, creases to dj flaps.). First printing. Discusses the negative effects of drugs -both physical and social. Glossary, bibliography. 214 pp.

New York:: Scribner's,, 1970.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (missing front endpaper.). First printing. Author ventures into 1960's East Village in search of a son who shoots speed and takes LSD. - graphically describes.the East Village drug scene. 128 pp.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1978). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. In the early 70s with the supply of heroin virtually dried up on the streets two cocaine smugglers saw a chance for "easy money." George Ramos, a Cuban American conspired with Frank Matthews to smuggle into the United States a shipment of European heroin worth one hundred million dollars on the streets. Although the feds got wind of their scheme (in fact Ramos turned government witness and provides much of the information included here) this book sheds light on the enormously lucrative drug business of the Spanish and Black "mafias." 366 pp.

New York:: Columbia University Press,, 1972.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.. First printing. An account of treating four, long-dependent, apparently unreachable, drug addicts - Roxy, a 52 year old heroin addict and con man; Mae, a discarded prostitute; Gerard, who clings to silence; and Connie who uses words to hide and distort reality. 301 pp.

New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, 2002.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The incredible story of an unemployed dock worker in Philadelphia, living with his mother, struggling to support a drug habit, whose life changed forever when he found $1. 2 million which had fallen out of the back of an armored truck. 209 pp.

New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, 2002.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (spotting to bottom edge of textblock). First printing. The incredible story of an unemployed dock worker in Philadelphia, living with his mother, struggling to support a drug habit, whose life changed forever when he found $1. 2 million which had fallen out of the back of an armored truck. 209 pp.

New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, 2002.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in printed gray wrappers.. Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) The incredible story of an unemployed dock worker in Philadelphia, living with his mother, struggling to support a drug habit, whose life changed forever when he found $1. 2 million which had fallen out of the back of an armored truck. 209 pp. SIGNED on the title page.

New York:: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates,, (1985). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. First edition An investigative report on drug trafficking in America and throughout the world - primarily that of heroin - produced with the cooperation of President Reagan's White House, the FBI, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. Coast Guard and the British and Irish police and other drug monitoring agencies around the world. Glossary of drug terms, sources, bibliography, index. 351 pp.

New York:: HC - Harper Collins,, (2008.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's first book, an "amazingly sane" account of survival of both her drug addiction and her two years at a school designed to brainwash it out of her. 245 pp.

New York:: Basic Books (Perseus),, (1999). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. This writer and critic's first book described as "Cultural criticism masquerading as a heroin memoir masquerading as a dictionary, which looks at American society through the lens of heroin use. Weaving personal history (Marlowe used heroin for eight years) with aphorisms and analysis, . There is no glamorization of 'heroin chic,' nothing about the irresistible power of the drug, no cliched scenes of degradation and ecstasy. There is much about craving the validation of danger, about moving to the East Village, musicians' parties, being cool, and striving to remake yourself. [This] is the first book to examine heroin in relation to our cynical, post-consumer society, and the first to explain the profound nostalgia that powers both addiction and our age." 297 pp.

New York:: New York Academy of Sciences,, 1976.. First edition -. Near fine in stiff dark blue covers, white spine. . First printing, a large trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. A series of over 40 scholarly papers presented at a conference held on March 9, 10, and 11, 1976, sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences and The National Institute on Drug Abuse. Topics include marihuana, hallucinogens, cocaine, methadone, amphetamines, antogonists, effects of combining drugs, etc. Illustrated with charts and diagrams. References following each paper. 489 pp.

Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, (2007). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First edition "A true story of identical twin brothers, each fighting similar physical and emotional battles. One would lose his life; the other would nearly self-destruct." SIGNED by the author and dated on the title page. Appendices on resources available. 243 pp.

New York:: Chelsea House Publishers,, (1992). Hardcover -. Near fine in glossy illustrated boards.. Later printing - updated edition. Writen for teenagers, this discusses the origins and effects of LSD and the LSD experience, including flashbacks and toxic effects, and discusses hallucinogens, therapy options, and the effects of drugs on animals. While it is described on the back cover as an objective study, in reality the emphasis is on the dangers posed by LSD (a photograph of the Manson family with the caption that "after using LSD, they embarked on a killing spree" and another photograph of Thelonius Monk with the commentary that a person's creativity can be damaged or destroyed if they take LSD. Illustrated with photographs. Includes several appendices, glossary, suggestions for further reading, index. 103 pp.

New York:: Basic Books,, (1970). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in black cloth with white lettering on the spine, no dust jacket.. First edition. A book which makes the argument that our marijuana laws must change - over 40 years before there was significant changes. Foreword by Alfred R. Lindesmith. Glossary, index. x, 340 pp.

Brookfield, CT.: : Milbrook Press,, 1991,. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with markings and missing front endpaper, but in a very good dj (spine label on dj) . First printing. Photograhs By Barbara Kirk. Written for young adults, this tells the story (in her own words) of a young black woman, raised in a foster home and sexually abused by her foster father, who turned to drugs as an escape and is currently trying to rebuild her life. 63 pages.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2019). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The story of the man who oversaw the CIAs secret drug and mind-control experiments of the 1950s and 60s, a story which was only to be pieced together after Gottlieb's death. "As the head of the MK-ULTRA mind control project, he directed brutal experiments at secret prisons on three continents. He made pills, powders, and potions that could kill or maim without a trace - including some intended for Fidel Castro and other foreign leaders. His experiments spread LSD across the United States, making him a hidden godfather of the 1960s counterculture. For years he was the chief supplier of spy tools used by CIA officers around the world." Photographs, extensive notes, bibliography, index. 354 pp.

Waco, Texas: : Word Books,, (1967.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First edition. The dust jacket cover promises "Entranced by narcotics... sordid sex... an empty life ahead." Memoir of a reformed drug addictI , John Gimenez, a Puerto Rican from the Bronx, who survived drug addiction and prison to found a ministry with his wife Anne. Includes a two-page 'Junkie's Glossary' at the beginning of the book 167 pp.