Abstract
“ ‘H’ is for heaven; ‘H’ is for hell; ‘H’ is for heroin.” So begins the 1964 book, The Road to H by Chein et al. This book, published over 20 years ago, is still one of the most comprehensive social-psychological studies of street use of heroin by adolescents. Much of what was written then is still true today. What has changed is the tremendous increase in our knowledge concerning the action of heroin and other narcotic analgesics in the brain.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Further reading
Chein I, et al (1964): The Road to H: Narcotics, Delinquency and Social Policy. New York: Basic Books
Inturrisi CE, et al (1984): The pharmacokinetics of heroin in patients with chronic pain. New Engl J Med 310: 1213–1217
Kaplan J (1983): The Hardest Drug: Heroin and Public Policy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Platt JJ, Labate C (1976): Heroin Addiction: Theory, Research, and Treatment. New York: John Wiley and Sons
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1989 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Kornetsky, C. (1989). Heroin (Diacetylmorphine). In: Abnormal States of Brain and Mind. Readings from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience . Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6768-8_26
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6768-8_26
Publisher Name: Birkhäuser, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4899-6770-1
Online ISBN: 978-1-4899-6768-8
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive