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Contents Introduction 1 1 Heroin Addiction and Urban Vice Reform 13 2 The Opportunistic Approach 43 3 The Technological Fix: The Search for a Nonaddicting Analgesic 62 4 Constructing the Addict Career 98 5 The Junkie as Psychopath 125 6 Healing Vision and Bureaucratic Reality 156 7 The Addict in the Social Body 184 Conclusion 212 Notes 231 Acknowledgments 261 Index 267 ⡢⡡⡢ ⡠⡣⡠ This page intentionally left blank [3.17.150.163] Project MUSE (2024-04-16 19:30 GMT) Creating the American Junkie ⡢⡡⡢ ⡠⡣⡠ This page intentionally left blank ...

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