The American disease

Originally published in 1973 and expanded in 1987 and 1999, this book investigates how the United States has dealt with issues such as controversies over prevention programs, mandatory minimum sentencing, the crack epidemic, the fear of a heroin revival, and the debate over the legalization of marijuana.

Musto analyzes the relation between public outcry and the creation of prohibitive drug laws from the end of the Civil War to the present.