Ceremonial chemistry : the ritual persecution of drugs, addicts, and pushers / Thomas Szasz, with a new preface, afterword, and an expanded appendix by the author.
"Originally published in 1974 by Anchor Press, Doubleday; revised edition published in 1985 by Learning Publications. An expanded revised edition reprinted by arrangement with the author." Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-278) and index.
Contents:
The discovery of drug addiction -- The scapegoat as drug and the drug as scapegoat -- Medicine: the faith of the faithless -- Communions, holy and unholy -- Lycit and illicit healing: persecutions for witchcraft and drugcraft -- Opium and orientals: the model American scapegoats -- Drugs and devils: the conversion cure of Malcolm X -- Food abuse and foodaholism: from soul watching to weight watching -- Missionary medicine: holy wars on unholy drugs -- Cures and controls: panaceas and panapathogens -- Temptation and temperence: the moral perspective reconsidered -- The control of conduct: authority versus autonomy.
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