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Ceremonial Chemistry
Thomas Szasz
其他書名
The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts, and Pushers, Revised Edition
出版Syracuse University Press, 2003-10-01
主題Medical / Psychiatry / PsychopharmacologyLaw / Drugs & the LawSocial Science / DiscriminationMedical / Mental HealthMedical / Psychiatry / GeneralPsychology / Psychopathology / AddictionPolitical Science / Public Policy / Social PolicySocial Science / Sociology / Social Theory
ISBN08156076879780815607687
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=C9KRwndkEEkC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Responding to the controversy surrounding drug use and drug criminalization, Thomas Szasz suggests that the "therapeutic state" has overstepped its bounds in labeling certain drugs as "dangerous" substances and incarcerating drug "addicts" in order to cure them. Szasz shows that such policies scapegoat certain drugs as well as the persons who sell, buy, or use them; and 'misleadingly pathologize the "drug problem" by defining disapproved drug use as "disease" and efforts to change the behavior as "treatment." Readers will find in Szasz's arguments a cogent and committed response to a worldwide debate.