Common Sense Health: For example, heroin was legalized for cases of severe chronic pain and terminal illness after a campaign started by my father

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Every so often, history taps you on the shoulder. That happened to me recently when I discovered a book on the science, culture, and regulation of drugs by Prof. Lucas Richert , a historian of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The book devotes its entire first chapter to none other than my father, Dr. Ken Walker — better known to readers by his pen name, W. Gifford-Jones, MD. Article content

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