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Ceremonial Chemistry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts, and Pushers, Revised Edition Revised edition
Thomas Szasz
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Ceremonial Chemistry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts, and Pushers, Revised Edition Revised edition
Thomas Szasz
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.
320 pages, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 30, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780815607687 |
| Publishers | Syracuse University Press |
| Pages | 290 |
| Dimensions | 146 × 205 × 19 mm · 384 g |
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