Ceremonial Chemistry

Ceremonial Chemistry
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Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 0815607687
ISBN-13 : 9780815607687
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Book Synopsis Ceremonial Chemistry by : Thomas Szasz

Download or read book Ceremonial Chemistry written by Thomas Szasz and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to the controversy surrounding drug use and drug criminalization, Thomas Szasz suggests that the "therapeutic state" has overstepped its bounds in labeling certain drugs as "dangerous" substances and incarcerating drug "addicts" in order to cure them. Szasz shows that such policies scapegoat certain drugs as well as the persons who sell, buy, or use them; and 'misleadingly pathologize the "drug problem" by defining disapproved drug use as "disease" and efforts to change the behavior as "treatment." Readers will find in Szasz's arguments a cogent and committed response to a worldwide debate.


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