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esppetee MUR PC REET A Dh + al on ESS a ay Son E Spa “tal iliness is no more than y study" yh Thee a eRt ne Tele 3? *axisting More in the minds of psy- that reguiatiny Pa RAM RO aoe ft depo uatrists han of patients. by the kinds of dru, shite Ree The resulting wave ot attacks on pSy- much sense as reguiatne “SNE chiatry, the most vigjols since European water by the kind of water itis.” aS . medicine ostracized ‘Sigrnund Freud, has Drugs As Scapegoat. The major portion Weer! 1, siayed with ihe ladies, Very poisoned the minds of the public and, of Ceremonial Chemistry is devoted to much {ike some take an atter-dinner , VE eo thence of Federal legislators, toward psy- presenting examples that illustrate his brandy when the tray is brought around hi chiatry as 3 branch of medical biology: thesis. S$zasz shows how society, and others pass it up. No stigma was the attacks threaten to thrust scientific throughout the ages, has “ysed" drugs. attached.” ¥ pats t) _ psychiatry pack into the Dark Ages. For, it along with Jews, dogs and Polacks, a3 Smoking ts Not Maln-Lining. Szasz mental iliness nas no piclogica! under- scapegoats to placate the gods, priests would have us conclude from this @x- pinnings and is only & myth, why should of kings. By citing numerous examples, ampie that opium and opiates, by implica- eo : oa, miltions of dollars drawing extensively from direct quotes, tion including all opiates such as heroin, ey : 4 i ch Into its cause and ‘often trom newspaper stories, he carica- ase not inherently addictive substances. | X jagical yeatments? =‘ tures the foolishness of public attitudes itis only our attitudes that make them ad- This attitude is e3- toward drug abuse. Unfortunately, most dictive. But here Szasz seductively mis- Looe ic, Decause overwhelming of the examples don't prove his thesis, of leads us. He is right that if one smokes. oF ; nce exists to show that anyone else's. Not onty are they poor aI- crude opium preparations only occasion- j ; ‘ous mental Itiness, in guments, but they are ineffective Illustra- ally, in moderate amounts, and ina social ~ and depression, tions. A great majority of examples in the context in which the drug is of onty sec- \ determined. Modern re- bookare selected strictly for ghock value, ondary importance, one has only a minor y close to definitive presented somewhat out of context and = chance of becoming tolerant and physi- the biological nature of for the sole purpose at ridiculing the Com cally dependent, hence addicted. How- \ present situation 's ventional position of society aboutdrugs. ever, In the West, morphine of heroin— . that of the link between vi- The Logic Gap. Szasz describes the piti- pure active chemicals derived from . But sadly, Federaisup- - tul efforts of the American Government to opium—are injected intravenously. The burgeons while ban the production of opium in Lacs and ottects are much more intense and the talls illustrates It with vivid and meaningtul ac- likelihood of genuine addiction is much 4 dus to trends counts of the attitudes of Laotian peas- greater in these circumstances regard i ants: “To the Yao residents of Nam less of the social context. " Keung, a small gettemant of bamboo and §zasz poor-poons the massive etforts ! of medical science over the past century