Cult of Pharmacology How America Became the World's Most Troubled Drug Culture

"Every decade or two a book comes along that causes a fundamental shift of gaze. Richard DeGrandpre'sThe Cult of Pharmacologyis one. It pulls apart the mythic powers we have attributed to drugs, showing that drug effects are not the products of mere molecules alone but of the deeply politicized meanings inscribed upon them by society which shape how they are used. This book charts a new course beyond the repressive excesses and costly failures of punitive prohibition. It will make fascinating reading for citizens concerned with drug use and drug problems; it should be required reading for policymakers."-Craig Reinarman, coeditor ofCrack in Americaand coauthor ofCocaine ChangesDeGrandpre, Richard is the author of 'Cult of Pharmacology How America Became the World's Most Troubled Drug Culture', published 2006 under ISBN 9780822338819 and ISBN 0822338815.