Project Gutenberg 2022-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 263 Bishop, Ernest S. (Ernest Simons) 1876 1927 Bishop, Ernest Simons 20001614 The narcotic drug problem $aUnited States :$bThe MacMillan Company,$c1920. Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Narcotic Drug Problem" by Ernest S. Bishop is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work addresses the complex issues surrounding narcotic drug addiction, emphasizing the necessity for a deeper medical understanding of this condition. The author draws from his extensive clinical experience to advocate for viewing addiction as a physical disease rather than merely a moral failing. The opening of this publication lays the groundwork for Bishop's exploration of narcotic addiction, presenting the author's initial misconceptions about addicts and the subsequent epiphanies that shaped his medical practice. He identifies the critical need to recognize the suffering of the narcotic addict and discusses the overlooked aspects of their physical condition. Bishop critiques previous approaches to treatment, arguing for a paradigm shift that focuses on the physiological realities of addiction, asserting that a majority of addicts are not morally weak but rather victims of a serious medical condition. He expresses hope that an informed understanding of addiction will lead to more effective treatment and ultimately alleviate the societal burden of addiction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/NarcoticDrugProblemThe/page/n11/mode/2up 20200627194713bishop 1920 US Reading ease score: 30.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Drug addiction RC Text Category: Health & Medicine Category: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology 379206 2025-06-27T10:06:59.620418 text/html 350788 2024-10-19T01:29:20 text/html 508036 2025-06-27T10:07:05.513289 application/epub+zip 505132 2025-06-27T10:07:01.203396 application/epub+zip 262610 2025-06-27T10:07:00.245412 application/epub+zip 587089 2025-06-27T10:07:08.892332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 556759 2025-06-27T10:07:04.978269 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338498 2025-06-27T10:06:59.198369 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 318513 2024-10-19T01:29:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15564 2025-06-27T10:07:09.118260 application/rdf+xml 11460 2025-06-27T10:07:00.747285 image/jpeg 2115 2025-06-27T10:07:00.611291 image/jpeg 511087 2025-06-27T10:06:59.658357 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog