Well he and Musto, David F. ((1973). The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control. Yale Univ. pages 3-5.) need to get together and hash it out, because David F. Musto says opium usage was peaking in 1896.
Also I didn't see any quotes to support your claim at the site to which you provided the link.
Well he and Musto, David F. ((1973). The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control. Yale Univ. pages 3-5.) need to get together and hash it out, because David F. Musto says opium usage was peaking in 1896.
No contradiction - usage is not addiction.
Also I didn't see any quotes to support your claim at the site to which you provided the link.
Will you also be supplying quotes in support of your quotes - or does that requirement apply only to me? Courtright has a 30-plus-page bibliography ... buy the book if you're dying to know.