Our Right to Drugs
Download or Read eBook Our Right to Drugs PDF written by Thomas Szasz and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Thomas Szasz |
| Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 1996-04-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0815603339 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780815603337 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Our Right to Drugs by : Thomas Szasz
Book excerpt: In Our Right to Drugs, Szasz shows how the present drug war started at the beginning of this century, when the US government first assumed the task of protecting people from patent medicines. By the end of World War I the free market in drugs was but a dim memory. Instead of dwelling on the familiar impracticality and unfairness of drug laws, Szasz demonstrates the deleterious effects of prescription laws, which place people under lifelong medical supervision. The result is that most Americans today prefer a coercive and corrupt command drug economy to a free market in drugs.
