Contents
Drug Use in History-A Special Section
A Brief History of American Drug Control
David F. Musto
Alcohol in America
W. J. Rorabaugh
The First American Cocaine Epidemic
David T. Courtwright
Up in Smoke: How Cigarettes Came to Be a Controlled Substance
Allan M. Brandt
Early Twentieth Century Responses to the Drug Problem
Dennis Joseph Pfennig
Social Meanings of Disease: Changing Concepts of Addiction in the Twentieth Century
Caroline J. Acker
Hidden Agendas in the War on Drugs
Jonathan Marshall
Departments and Columns
FROM THE EDITOR
DIALOGUE
Developing Higher-Level Thinking Skills Through American History Writing Assignments
Kline Capps and David Vocke
ON TEACHING
Kids, Vets, and Videotape: Vietnam Through the Eye of a Camcorder
Cathy J. Lassiter
LESSON PLANS
"Dope" in the Early Twentieth Century Urban Press: A Case Study of Sioux City, Iowa
William L. Hewitt
The Media and Controlled Substances and Anti-Drug Legislation
Sharon Laverdure
PROFILE
First in His Class: The Many Contributions of Samuel Read Hall
Tedd Levy
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Drug Use in History: An ERIC/ChESS Sample
Vickie J. Schlene
HISTORY HEADLINES
ON THE COVER
William Hogarth's 1750 print "Gin Lane" illustrates the availability of gin in early eighteenth century England: "Drunk for a Penny, dead drunk for Two pence, clean straw for nothing." Photo courtesy of Indiana University's Lilly Library.
