{"product_id":"saying-yes-9781585423187","title":"Saying Yes","description":"The nationally syndicated columnist and \u003ci\u003eReason\u003c\/i\u003e magazine editor presents a damning portrait of how politicized government agencies, antidrug activists, and a naïve national media have exaggerated the public's fears of the harmful effects of recreational drugs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacob Sullum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tarcherperigee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.7lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.50w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781585423187","brand":"Tarcherperigee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43159026532489,"sku":"9781585423187","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_98d7745e-a41d-41b7-8e10-f08acf398a44.jpg?v=1732614527","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/saying-yes-9781585423187","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}