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LEADER: 02187cam a22003854a 4500
001 2003009794
003 DLC
005 20120913081031.0
008 030425r20031985nyu b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2003009794
020 $a0815607687 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(DNLM)101176561
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050 00 $aHV5825$b.S95 2003
060 10 $aWM 270$bS996c 1985a
082 00 $a363.45/0973$221
100 1 $aSzasz, Thomas,$d1920-2012.
245 10 $aCeremonial chemistry :$bthe ritual persecution of drugs, addicts, and pushers /$cThomas Szasz ; with a new preface, afterword, and an expanded appendix by the author.
250 $aRev. ed., 1st Syracuse University Press ed.
260 $aSyracuse, N.Y. :$bSyracuse University Press,$cc2003.
300 $axxi, 290 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $a"Originally published in 1974 by Anchor Press, Doubleday; revised edition published in 1985 by Learning Publications. An expanded revised edition reprinted at Syracuse University Press by arrangement with the author"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-278) and index.
505 0 $aThe discovery of drug addiction -- The scapegoat as drug and the drug as scapegoat -- Medicine: the faith of the faithless -- Communions, holy and unholy -- Licit 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.
650 0 $aDrug abuse$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSocial control.
650 0 $aDrug control$zUnited States.
650 12 $aDrug and Narcotic Control.
650 12 $aSubstance-Related Disorders.
650 22 $aHealth Policy.
650 22 $aPersonal Autonomy.
650 22 $aSocial Values.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip043/2003009794.html