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From Publishers Weekly
"Drugs do not threaten the American way of life; they are part of it," avers historian Miller ( Truman ) as he makes a compelling case for declaring all drugs legal. The author wants the manufacture, distribution, sale, purchase, possession and use of drugs such as heroin, cocaine, marijuana and LSD legalized, with government price controls enforced to keep the costs low, if need be. The goal of a drug-free America, he argues, is an impossible one; thus, the anti-drug war is an anti-people war especially punishing to the nation's youth and to African-Americans. Further, Miller claims, the battle harms American democracy by, in effect, condemning users as subhuman outcasts (he even draws analogies here with the anti-Jewish rampage of the Nazis in the 1930s). Turning conventional attitudes upside down, Miller's book offers rich food for thought--and for argument.
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From Library Journal
Miller, a historian ( Heritage of Fear , LJ 1/89; Truman , LJ 12/85) and radio producer, adds to an increasing chorus of American opinion in favor of drug legalization by marshaling an extraordinary number of sources and historical analogies to Prohibition and the time preceding 1914 when narcotics were legal. His chapter on the mythic attributes we give to drug users is unique, but he also includes all the usual legalization arguments. Miller omits some evidence for the opposing viewpoint, and he dogmatically overstates his case. Still, a book so clearly and popularly written will convince almost any reader to question, at the least, accepted public policies and pieties. For public library collections.
- Janice Dunham, John Jay Coll. of Criminal Justice Lib.,
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"Drugs do not threaten the American way of life; they are part of it," avers historian Miller ( Truman ) as he makes a compelling case for declaring all drugs legal. The author wants the manufacture, distribution, sale, purchase, possession and use of drugs such as heroin, cocaine, marijuana and LSD legalized, with government price controls enforced to keep the costs low, if need be. The goal of a drug-free America, he argues, is an impossible one; thus, the anti-drug war is an anti-people war especially punishing to the nation's youth and to African-Americans. Further, Miller claims, the battle harms American democracy by, in effect, condemning users as subhuman outcasts (he even draws analogies here with the anti-Jewish rampage of the Nazis in the 1930s). Turning conventional attitudes upside down, Miller's book offers rich food for thought--and for argument.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Miller, a historian ( Heritage of Fear , LJ 1/89; Truman , LJ 12/85) and radio producer, adds to an increasing chorus of American opinion in favor of drug legalization by marshaling an extraordinary number of sources and historical analogies to Prohibition and the time preceding 1914 when narcotics were legal. His chapter on the mythic attributes we give to drug users is unique, but he also includes all the usual legalization arguments. Miller omits some evidence for the opposing viewpoint, and he dogmatically overstates his case. Still, a book so clearly and popularly written will convince almost any reader to question, at the least, accepted public policies and pieties. For public library collections.
- Janice Dunham, John Jay Coll. of Criminal Justice Lib.,
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
See all Editorial Reviews
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