Full name: Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use

Author: Jacob Sullum Year: 2003 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781585423187 1585423181

The nationally syndicated columnist and Reason magazine editor presents a damning portrait of how politicized government agencies, antidrug activists, and a naive national media have exaggerated the public's fears of the harmful effects of recreational drugs. Jacob Sullum goes beyond the debate on legalization or the proper way to win the "war on drugs," to the heart of a social and individual defense of using drugs. Saying Yes argues that the all-or-nothing thinking that has long dominated discussions of illegal drug use should give way to a wiser, subtler approach exemplified by the tradition of moderate drinking. Saying Yes further contends that the conventional understanding of addiction, portraying it as a kind of chemical slavery in which the user's values and wishes do not matter, is also fundamentally misleading. Similar books: Drug Crazy by Mike Gray Plunder and Deceit by Mark R. Levin Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos Killing the Deep State by Jerome R. Corsi Liars, Leakers, and Liberals by Jeanine Pirro Hillary the Other Woman by Dolly Kyle Stealing America by Dinesh D'Souza The Secret Barrister by The Secret Barrister The Russia Hoax by Gregg Jarrett Rediscovering Americanism by Mark R. Levin You Have the Right to Remain Innocent by James Duane Extortion by Peter Schweizer Israel at War by Joel C. Rosenberg Secret Empires by Peter Schweizer Intellectuals and Race by Thomas Sowell Bullies by Ben Shapiro Lights Out by Mark Steyn The Divide by Matt Taibbi Not Cool by Greg Gutfeld The Point of It All by Charles Krauthammer