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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."" Readers will find in Szasz's arguments a cogent and committed response to a worldwide debate.
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"This highly original and fully appropriate title, something we have come to expect from Szasz's books, heralds an excellent sociological analysis of man's past and present relationships with drugs....Szasz takes the reader through a religious scenario as imaginatively symbolic and insightfully analytic as any morality play can be."
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Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) was professor of psychiatry emeritus at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, Washington, DC. He was a prominent figure in the anti-psychiatry movement and a critic of the moral and scientific foundation of psychiatry.
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Ceremonial Chemistry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts and Pushers
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Hardback. Condition: Good. In this polemical response to the controversy about drug use and drug criminalization, Thomas Szasz suggests that governments have overstepped their bounds in labelling and prohibiting certain drugs as dangerous substances and incarcerating addicts in order to cure them. Seller Inventory # CIN0385066279G
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Ceremonial Chemistry : The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts, and Pushers
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Ceremonial Chemistry The ritual persecution of drugs, addicts, and pushers
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 243 pages. A psychiatrist's presentation that claims that the same persecution that targeted witches, Jews, gypsies, and homosexuals now targets "drug addicts" and "insane" people. Interesting historical perspective. Seller Inventory # 002177
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CEREMONIAL CHEMISTRY. The Ritual Persecution Of Drugs, Addicts, And Pushers.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The first edition, 243 pages. "With his customary fresh and often startling insights, Dr. Szasz here throws new light on this timely subject." FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 037291
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