Richard Degrandpre

The Cult of Pharmacology

How America Became the World's Most Troubled Drug Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

R"The Cult of Pharmacology" brings badly needed information, insight, and--above all--sanity to the emotionally charged debate over legal and illegal drugs in America, whether LSD, caffeine or Prozac.S--John Horgan, author of "The End of Science."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 167mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780822338819
• ISBN-10: 0822338815
• Artikelnr.: 21472225

Autorenporträt

Richard DeGrandpre

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii
Part One. End of a Century
1. Mama Coca 3
2. Cult of the SSRI 34
3. The Emperor's New Smokes 64
Part Two. Earlier Times
4. The Placebo Text 103
5. America's Domestic Drug Affair 138
6. War 170
Part Three. While at War
7. The Drug Reward 179
8. Possessed by the Stimulus 208
9. Ideology 236
Appendix One. Escalation of American Drug Laws in the Twentieth Century 243
Appendix Two. U.S. Regulations Allowing a White Market for Drugs in the
Twentieth Century 245
Notes 247
Selective Bibliography 283
Index 287