Epstein, Edward Jay

Agency of Fear: Opiates and Political Power in America

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. Hardcover. 352 p.; 22 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Red and white dust jacket. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. A detailed examination of the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement, established in 1972 by President Richard Nixon, who sought to employ it to gain political points in a much-politicized war on heroin. Book is in Very Good Condition: slightly shaken; a few ink notations; otherwise, clean and solid. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: spine is somewhat faded; edges rubbed; ends of spine chipped; several tears of 2 cm. or less. Very Good / good +. Item #007232

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