{"product_id":"ceremonial-chemistry-the-ritual-persecution-of-drugs-addicts-and-pushers-9780385066273","title":"Ceremonial Chemistry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs  Addicts  and Pushers","description":"\u003cp\u003es\/t: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs  Addicts \u0026amp; Pushers This is an excellent analysis of the institutionalized  state-sponsored persecution of certain rule-breaking behavior (illicit drug use) \u0026amp; the similarities between cultural \u0026amp; religious demands for specific mood-altering ceremonies \u0026amp; substances. One is impressed by depth of Szasz philosophical \u0026amp; medical understanding of human behavior. Ceremonial Chemistry is an important book \u0026amp; a cornerstone in the debate on prohibiting certain foods \u0026amp; plants \u0026amp; their inevitable decriminalization. Introduction Pharmakos: the scapegoat The discovery of drug addiction The scapegoat as drug \u0026amp; the drug as scapegoat Medicine: the faith of the faithless Communions  holy \u0026amp; unholy Pharmacomythology: medicine as magic Licit \u0026amp; illicit healing: persecutions for witchcraft \u0026amp; drugcraft Opium \u0026amp; Orientals: the model American scapegoats Drugs \u0026amp; devils: the conversion cure of Malcolm X Food abuse \u0026amp; foodaholism: from soul watching to weight watching Pharmacracy: medicine as social control Missionary medicine: holy wars on unholy drugs Cures \u0026amp; controls: panaceas \u0026amp; panapathogens Temptation \u0026amp; temperance: the moral perspective reconsidered The control of conduct: authority vs autonomy Appendix: a synoptic history of the promotion \u0026amp; prohibition of drugs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648166223925,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385066279","price":103.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385066273.jpg?v=1781711172","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ceremonial-chemistry-the-ritual-persecution-of-drugs-addicts-and-pushers-9780385066273","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}