The Narcotic Farm : The Rise and Fall of America's First Prison for Drug Addicts /
Campbell, Nancy D.
The Narcotic Farm : The Rise and Fall of America's First Prison for Drug Addicts / Nancy D. Campbell. - 1 online resource (209 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Front Cover -- TItle Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Index and Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Copyright Page
From 1935 until 1975, just about every junkie busted for dope went to the Narcotic Farm. Equal parts federal prison, treatment center, farm, and research laboratory, the Farm was designed to rehabilitate addicts and help researchers discover a cure for drug addiction. Although it began as a bold and ambitious public works project, and became famous as a rehabilitation center frequented by great jazz musicians among others, the Farm was shut down forty years after it opened amid scandal over its drug-testing program, which involved experiments where inmates were being used as human guinea pigs and rewarded with heroin and cocaine for their efforts. Published to coincide with a documentary to be aired on PBS, The Narcotic Farm includes rare and unpublished photographs, film stills, newspaper and magazine clippings, government documents, as well as interviews, writings, and anecdotes from the prisoners, doctors, and guards that trace the Farm's noble rise and tumultuous fall, revealing the compelling story of what really happened inside the prison walls.
9781949669251 9781949669268
Narcotic Farm.
Drug abuse--Treatment--United States.
Drug addicts--Rehabilitation--United States.
Recovering addicts--United States.
Drug abuse--Prevention.--United States
Federal aid to drug abuse treatment programs--United States.
Electronic Books.
HV5279 / .N373 2021
The Narcotic Farm : The Rise and Fall of America's First Prison for Drug Addicts / Nancy D. Campbell. - 1 online resource (209 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Front Cover -- TItle Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Index and Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Copyright Page
From 1935 until 1975, just about every junkie busted for dope went to the Narcotic Farm. Equal parts federal prison, treatment center, farm, and research laboratory, the Farm was designed to rehabilitate addicts and help researchers discover a cure for drug addiction. Although it began as a bold and ambitious public works project, and became famous as a rehabilitation center frequented by great jazz musicians among others, the Farm was shut down forty years after it opened amid scandal over its drug-testing program, which involved experiments where inmates were being used as human guinea pigs and rewarded with heroin and cocaine for their efforts. Published to coincide with a documentary to be aired on PBS, The Narcotic Farm includes rare and unpublished photographs, film stills, newspaper and magazine clippings, government documents, as well as interviews, writings, and anecdotes from the prisoners, doctors, and guards that trace the Farm's noble rise and tumultuous fall, revealing the compelling story of what really happened inside the prison walls.
9781949669251 9781949669268
Narcotic Farm.
Drug abuse--Treatment--United States.
Drug addicts--Rehabilitation--United States.
Recovering addicts--United States.
Drug abuse--Prevention.--United States
Federal aid to drug abuse treatment programs--United States.
Electronic Books.
HV5279 / .N373 2021