
Alfred R. Lindesmith
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 33 years ago |
Date of birth | August 3,1905 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Clinton Falls Township |
Minnesota | |
United States | |
Date of died | February 14,1991 |
Died | Bloomington |
Indiana | |
United States | |
Fields | Sociology |
Criminology | |
Known for | Advocacy of a medical approach to drug addiction |
Education | Columbia University |
Books | Opiate addiction |
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ID | 905804 |
Alfred R. Lindesmith Life story
Alfred Ray Lindesmith was an Indiana University professor of sociology. He was among the early scholars providing a rigorous and thoughtful account of the nature of addiction. He was a critic of legal prohibitions against addictive drugs, arguing that such prohibitions had adverse societal effects.