| Ceremonial Chemistry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts, and Pushers Revised Edition Contributor(s): Szasz, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815607687 ISBN-13: 9780815607687 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2003 Annotation: Thomas Szasz suggests that governments have overstepped their bounds in labeling and prohibiting certain drugs as "dangerous" substances and incarcerating drug "addicts" in order to cure them. Szasz asserts that such policies scapegoat illegal drugs and the persons who use and sell them, and discourage the breaking of drug habits by pathologizing drug use as "addiction." Reaers will find in Szasz's arguments a cogent and committed response to a worldwide debate. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Political Science | Public Policy - Cultural Policy - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 363.450 |
| LCCN: 2003009794 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.34" W x 8.24" (0.75 lbs) 290 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |