Overview
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Roger E. Meyer
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University of Connecticut Medical School, Farmington, USA
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Steven M. Mirin
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Harvard Medical School, Belmont, USA
McLean Hospital, Belmont, USA
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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- Roger E. Meyer, Steven M. Mirin
Pages 1-21
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- Steven M. Mirin, Roger E. Meyer
Pages 23-37
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- Steven M. Mirin, Roger E. Meyer, Nancy M. Valentine
Pages 39-59
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- Roger E. Meyer, Steven M. Mirin
Pages 61-91
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- Steven M. Mirin, Roger E. Meyer
Pages 93-118
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- Thomas F. Babor, Steven M. Mirin, Roger E. Meyer
Pages 119-135
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- Roger E. Meyer, Joseph J. Schildkraut, Steven M. Mirin, Paul J. Orsulak
Pages 137-150
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- James Ellingboe, Steven M. Mirin, Roger E. Meyer, Jack H. Mendelson
Pages 151-175
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- Steven M. Mirin, Roger E. Meyer, James Ellingboe, Jack H. Mendelson
Pages 177-198
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- Joseph Albeck, Elizabeth Rider, Steven M. Mirin, Roger E. Meyer
Pages 199-213
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- Roger E. Meyer, Steven M. Mirin, Fred Zackon
Pages 215-230
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- Roger E. Meyer, Steven M. Mirin
Pages 231-247
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Back Matter
Pages 249-254
About this book
The simple fact that the authors were able to give injectable heroin to volunteers for addictive self-administration at a Harvard facility may elude the notice it deserves. On the other hand, resec:irch questions center ing on whether heroin is linked to a craving for pleasure or relief of pain might raise the transplanted hackles of those who simplistically see scien tists as pursuing only transparent trivialities. In truth, this report is about a historical and pioneering step in clinical research on a major unsolved problem of the biological-social-psychological roots of addiction. The research questions posed are clearly relevant both to the design of effec tive treatments (and treatment policy) and to the basic science search that could help our understanding of how addictive drugs capture such power ful control over behavior. Heroin was synthesized and has been available, along with aspirin, for over three-quarters of a century. Yet with all the tools of Western sci ence, and with the enormous and growing social, personal, and economic costs of world-wide heroin use, we-surprisingly--
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Connecticut Medical School, Farmington, USA
Roger E. Meyer
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Harvard Medical School, Belmont, USA
Steven M. Mirin
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McLean Hospital, Belmont, USA
Steven M. Mirin
