How Long to Read Heroin

By Susan C.   Boyd

How Long Does it Take to Read Heroin?

It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Heroin by Susan C.   Boyd

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Heroin is an illustrated history of Canadian heroin regulation over two centuries. Susan Boyd points to our failure to address the overdose death epidemic caused by criminalizing drug users and to the decades of resistance to harm-reduction policies. Heroin, discovered in 1898, was heralded as an important medicine and successfully marketed as a pain reliever and cough suppressant. Until the early 1950s, heroin was prescribed for therapeutic use in Canada. Yet, illegal heroin use became the focus of drug prohibition advocates and law enforcement, who painted it as highly addictive and...

How long is Heroin?

Heroin by Susan C.   Boyd is 176 pages long, and a total of 45,056 words.

This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Heroin Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 6 minutes to read Heroin aloud.

What Reading Level is Heroin?

Heroin is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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