A History of America's Turbulent Affair with Tranquilizers
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
320
Publisher Name
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465086586
ISBN-13
9780465086580
citemno
253400
Edition
1
Subject
Medical, Health and Parenting
SKU
9780465086580
Description
The definitive history of America’s tranquilizer culture—from the Miltown sensation in the 1950s to Valium in the 1960s and 1970s to Xanax in the twenty-first century.
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