The green mountains, lush valleys and riotous fall colors of idyllic nineteenth-century Vermont masked a sinister underbelly. By 1900, the state was in the throes of a widespread opium epidemic that saw more than 3.3 million doses of the drug being distributed to inhabitants each and every month. Decades of infighting within the medical profession, complicit doctors and druggists, unrestricted access to opium and bogus patent medicines all contributed to the problem. Those conflicts were compounded by a hands-off legislature focused on prohibiting the consumption of alcohol. Historian Gary G. ... Read More
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The green mountains, lush valleys and riotous fall colors of idyllic nineteenth-century Vermont masked a sinister underbelly. By 1900, the state was in the throes of a widespread opium epidemic that saw more than 3.3 million doses of the drug being distributed to inhabitants each and every month. Decades of infighting within the medical profession, complicit doctors and druggists, unrestricted access to opium and bogus patent medicines all contributed to the problem. Those conflicts were compounded by a hands-off legislature focused on prohibiting the consumption of alcohol. Historian Gary G. ... Read More
The green mountains, lush valleys and riotous fall colors of idyllic nineteenth-century Vermont masked a sinister underbelly. By 1900, the state was in the throes of a widespread opium epidemic that saw more than 3.3 million doses of the drug being distributed to inhabitants each and every month. Decades of infighting within the medical profession, complicit doctors and druggists, unrestricted access to opium and bogus patent medicines all contributed to the problem. Those conflicts were compounded by a hands-off legislature focused on prohibiting the consumption of alcohol. Historian Gary G. Shattuck traces this unusual aspect of Vermont's past.
Details
Pages: 176
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Publication Date: 5th June 2017
State: Vermont
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467136945
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs
Reviews
"The book's author, a former federal prosecutor with 35 years of experience in law enforcement including the state police, skillfully unmasks the dark underbelly of Vermonter's on-and-off attraction to opium and its modern derivatives." Sun Community News
Author Bio
Gary Shattuck is a retired federal prosecutor. He graduated magna cum laude from Vermont Law School and is currently pursuing a master's degree in military history, concentrating on the American Revolution, researching and writing about historical events from a legal perspective. He was recently elected as a member of the Fort Ticonderoga Association, and has made numerous presentations for the National Park Service, the Massachusetts Historical Society and several other historical societies.
The green mountains, lush valleys and riotous fall colors of idyllic nineteenth-century Vermont masked a sinister underbelly. By 1900, the state was in the throes of a widespread opium epidemic that saw more than 3.3 million doses of the drug being distributed to inhabitants each and every month. Decades of infighting within the medical profession, complicit doctors and druggists, unrestricted access to opium and bogus patent medicines all contributed to the problem. Those conflicts were compounded by a hands-off legislature focused on prohibiting the consumption of alcohol. Historian Gary G. Shattuck traces this unusual aspect of Vermont's past.
Pages: 176
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Publication Date: 5th June 2017
State: Vermont
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467136945
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs
"The book's author, a former federal prosecutor with 35 years of experience in law enforcement including the state police, skillfully unmasks the dark underbelly of Vermonter's on-and-off attraction to opium and its modern derivatives." Sun Community News
Gary Shattuck is a retired federal prosecutor. He graduated magna cum laude from Vermont Law School and is currently pursuing a master's degree in military history, concentrating on the American Revolution, researching and writing about historical events from a legal perspective. He was recently elected as a member of the Fort Ticonderoga Association, and has made numerous presentations for the National Park Service, the Massachusetts Historical Society and several other historical societies.
