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David Courtwright is known for his books on drug use and drug policy in American and world history (Dark Paradise, Addicts Who Survived, and Forces of Habit) and for his books on the special problems of frontier environments (Violent Land and Sky as Frontier). His most recent book, No Right Turn, chronicles the tumultuous politics and surprising outcome of the culture war that engulfed America in the four decades after Nixon's 1968 election.

Courtwright lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and teaches history at the University of North Florida, where he is Presidential Professor. He was educated at the University of Kansas and at Rice University.

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Average rating: 3.71 · 623 ratings · 77 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business 3.64 avg rating — 429 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America 3.85 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1982 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oliver Stone's USA: Film, History, and Controversy by Robert Brent Toplin (Editor), Robert A. Rosenstone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Oliver Stone (Contributor) 3.65 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Violent Land: Single Men & Social Disorder from the Frontier to the Inner City 3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Addicts Who Survived: An Oral History of Narcotic Use in America, 1923-1965 by David T. Courtwright, Herman Joseph, Don Des Jarlais 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sky as Frontier: Adventure, Aviation & Empire really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Right Turn: Conservative Politics in a Liberal America 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Governing the Global Drug Wars by Damon Barrett, David Bewley-Taylor, Paul Gootenberg 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bagimlilik Çagi - Kötü Aliskanliklar Nasil Büyük Bir Sektöre Dönüstü? 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capitalismo límbico: Cómo la adicción se convirtió en un gran negocio (Yonki Books nº 24) (Spanish Edition) by David T. Courtwright, Oihan Iturbide (editor), Javier Quevedo Puchal (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Limbic capitalism refers to a technologically advanced but socially regressive business system in which global industries, often with the help of complicit governments and criminal organizations, encourage excessive consumption and addiction.”
― David T. Courtwright, The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business

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“The nature of addiction has implications - more precisely, temptations -for businesses that sell habituating products. One is to encourage early and frequent consumption. Treat the lads, the salon keepers used to say, and you'll have their money in the till when they're adults. And the more they drink, the greater the profits.”
― David T. Courtwright, The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business

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“The catch is that, when this generation passes, its immunity passes with it. When cocaine again became fashionable during the 1970s, baby boomers had no living memory of its downside. Having sampled and survived the forbidden fruit of cannabis, they were openly skeptical of official warnings about cocaine and other drugs.”
― David T. Courtwright, Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World

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