Heroin in 1940s America: ‘the work of this era only served to heighten the division between good and bad drugs’

Society for the Study of Addiction

In many ways, though, the work of this era only served to heighten the division between good and bad drugs – and good and bad drug users. An overly reductionist perspective on addiction, one heavily influenced by the biases and prejudices of the time, blinded society to the dangers on both sides of that divide.