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Drugs and the Limits of Liberalism: Moral and Legal Issues
by Pablo De Greiff  Publisher Comments Society's drug problem will persist, and debates over how to solve it will continue, getting nowhere, until we define our terms. This book is an effort to do just that -- to parse the legal, moral, and philosophical underpinnings for any discussion of...
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Drugs in America: A Documentary History
by David F Musto Publisher Comments "Anyone with an interest in social history will find this book fascinating. . . . A valuable resource and an interesting read." — Drugs and Alcohol Review "The sermons, speeches, medical arguments, and policy papers gathered here adequately convey...
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This is Cocaine
by Nick Constable Publisher Comments This is Cocaine provides a guide for all people interested in or concerned about cocaine. It is an unflinching, objective study into cocaine's place in today's society....
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Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom
by Andy Letcher Publisher Comments Did mushroom tea kick-start ancient Greek philosophy? Was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland a thinly veiled psychedelic mushroom odyssey? Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? The world of the magic mushroom is a place where shamans and...
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The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs
by Douglas Valentine Publisher Comments The Strength of the Wolf presents for the first time a definitive history of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) from its birth in 1930 until its wrenching termination in 1968. Carefully and extensively documented, the book is based largely on...
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Matters of Substance: Drugs--And Why Everyone's a User
by Griffith Edwards Publisher Comments Presented by an editor of the journal Addiction, an analysis of the ways in which drugs are controlled throughout the world evaluates drug use and abuse in a societal context that considers contemporary beliefs about personal freedom, pleasure, and...
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Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke
by Dean Kuipers Publisher Comments The gripping story of two marijuana advocates gunned down by the FBI after a five-day standoff. <BR>On a mission to build a peaceful, pot-friendly Shangri-La, Tom Crosslin and his lover Rollie Rohm founded Rainbow Farm, a well-appointed campground...
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The Hundred-Year Lie: How Food and Medicine Are Destroying Your Health
by Randall Fitzgerald Publisher Comments Combining the impact of the classic bestseller Silent Spring with Fast Food Nation, The Hundred-Year Lie presents a devastating exposof how chemicals in everyday products are ruining our health. Over the past one hundred years, we have been guinea pigs...
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Hippie Dictionary: A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1960s and 1970s
by Joan Jeffe Mccleary Publisher Comments Whether you lived through the '60s and '70s or just wish you had, this revised and expanded edition of the "Hippie Dictionary" entertains as much as it educates....
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Smuggler's Blues: The Saga of a Marijuana Importer
by Jay Carter Brown Publisher Comments Told from the viewpoint of an impressionable young entrepreneur named Jay Carter Brown, this memoir quickly dives into the gritty underbelly of the international drug trade. The story begins with minor league smuggling scams between Canada and the...
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Writing on Drugs
by Sadie Plant Publisher Comments Through a series of close, fascinating examinations of writing on drugs via, among others, Coleridge on opium, Freud on cocaine, Michaux on mescaline, and Burroughs on all of them, Writing on Drugs combines literary criticism with both socio-cultural...
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Blow
by Bruce Porter Publisher Comments BLOW is the unlikely story of George Jung's roller coaster ride from middle-class high school football hero to the heart of Pable Escobar's Medellin cartel-- the largest importer of the United States cocaine supply in the 1980s. Jung's early business of...
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The cocktail :the influence of spirits on the American psyche
by Joseph Lanza Book News Annotation Combines history, subjective rumination, a dash of the occult, and a full measure of sardonic humor to expose the cocktail as an American religious ceremony that has impacted politics, movies, popular songs, architecture, circadian rhythms, social...
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Hallucinogens (Drug Library)
by Paul R Robbins Publisher Comments -- Offers needed information for teens on frequently abused drugs.<BR>-- In-depth looks at individual drugs as well as case studies....
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Generation RX: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies
by Greg Critser Publisher Comments Greg Critser's brilliantly incisive Generation Rx moves the conversation about prescription drugs to where it hits home: our own bodies. How, he asks, has "big pharma" created a nation of pharmaceutical tribes, each with its own unique beliefs, taboos...
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Tripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures
by Charles Hayes Publisher Comments Charles Hayes has gathered 50 narratives about unforgettable psychedelic experiences from an international array of subjects representing all walks of life. Taking a balanced, objective approach, the book depicts a broad spectrum of altered states, from...
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Saying Yes : in Defense of Drug Use (03 Edition)
by Jacob Sullum Publisher Comments A nationally syndicated columnist and Reason magazine editor presents a damning portrait of how politicized government agencies, antidrug activists, and a naive national media have exaggerated the public's fears of the harmful effects of recreational...
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For & Against Series #0001: Drug Legalization
by Rod L Evans Publisher Comments Should drugs be legalized? This collection gives both sides of the argument, with 24 selected articles by 23 well-known participants in the great debate. All the relevant issues are covered, including: comparisons with legal drugs like alcohol...
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Design for Dying
by Timothy Leary Publisher Comments Speaking to everyone who has ever wondered if there's more to death--if there's life beyond the frontier, if death really means the end, if dirges and hearses and funeral flowers are really how we want to be remembered--Leary's flamboyant final statement...
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Altered state :the story of ecstasy culture and Acid House
by Matthew Collin Publisher Comments The authors trail Ecstasy from California, through New York, covering its history, culture, and the politics that surround it. "First things first. Altered States sends all those imitation Irvine Welshs from the football-hooligan school of literary E...
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