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Drugs in American Society

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Unlike most books on drugs and drug usage that bogs you down with facts and statiscal data. Goode shows the reader practical examples from the lives of drug users. Goode also let you know that this could happen to you. Most of the drug users were college educated, busdrivers and businessmen. Certainly not what most of us think of when we think of addict. Goode dispels the images we have of addicts and replace it with the truth. This is something that can happen to anyone regardless of success, status or your social backgound be it in the suburbs or living in the city with good parents. Goode also makes you aware that addiction can stem from an addicted personality or a void in your soul that need to be filled as result of lost of self or grief over a love one. While still informing the reader that not all drug use is bad. Some people's use of drugs is cultural. Thus stripping you of all judgements prior to reading this book.

i had to order this book for a class, it is very informative and goes into depth about everything.

I read 75% of this book simply to try to understand how an educated person can be so wrong on a subject. He fails to provide any balance and disdains or ignores such minor issues as human liberty, America as a free society and the unfettered power of government to intrude into the private lives of Americans. I found the book interesting but only in my effort to understand a logically untenable point of view, whose premises supports The dysfunctional FDA, The War on Drugs (actually aa War on people's rights), and the ease with which people allow, nay urge, government to take away the rights of others because of self-righteously motivated emotions (and possibly minds, though minds are sadly absent in this book).

this book is horrible biased info about drugs and politics . not for law Administration of Justice use