Drug Addicts are Human Beings
the story of our billion-dollar drug racket
$51.34
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2026
Summary
Drug Addicts Are Human Beings: An Updated Classic
The War on Drugs is a century old. The question isn’t why aren’t we winning, it’s why are we fighting? Dr. Henry Smith Williams asked that question in his 1938 cult-classic book, Drug Addicts Are Human Beings.
This updated edition features Dr. Smith’s original text and modern voices who echo Smith’s prescient book.
In 1938, Dr. Henry Smith Williams saw the effects of decades of drug laws enacted between 1909 and 1924 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781627311700 |
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| ISBN-10: | 162731170X |
| Author: | Henry Smith Williams |
| Publisher: | Feral House,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Feral House,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Henry Smith Williams
In the introduction of the original edition of his book Drug Addicts Are Human Beings, it is stated that this is the author’s 119th published book. In addition to his work as a writer, it is claimed that Williams had treated some 10,000 patients in his medical practice. It also announces that he was an expert on the “chemistry and biology of the blood cells” and had spent ten years intensively studying cancer. His brother was the doctor Edward Huntington Williams, with whom he wrote his History of Science (31 volumes). He also authored numerous articles for Harper’s Magazine.
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