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Romancing Opiates, Revised Paperback Edition: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy
by Theodore Dalrymple
from Encounter Books
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Eye-Opener 
A must-read if you want to know something about addiction and about the politico-medical complex. In general, my personal policy is that if Theodore Dalrymple wrote it, I read it. That said, however, this book is not his best effort in terms of his usually elegant, witty, and engaging writing style. It is repetitive and there are unusual mistakes, from punctuation to grammar, as if he was in a rush to be done. That is why I give the book only four stars instead of the five stars and two thumbs up this man... more info
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If you like gadflys, this one's for you
If you are the kind of person who delights in an author that has the rare ability to change your mind, then Theodore Dalrymple is your man. He doesn't just expose the origins and motivations behind the modern myths of opiate/heroin addiction; he beats them to death, and then runs them over a few times just for good measure. Dr. Dalrymple is a bit verbose, but in a somewhat delightful fashion. Perhaps it is more that we readers of the modern era have lost some of our appreciation for the beauty of the... more info
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Are you serious? 
As a point I must admit I wouldn't buy this book, let alone read anymore then the interview the author gave to Front Page. Here is the letter sent to the author.
Mr. Dalrymple,
After doing a quick search online to arm myself with information regarding opiate withdrawal I stumbled upon your interview with Front Page. I must ask Mr, Dalrymple as it begs the question, have you yourself ever experienced withdrawal from opiates?
I myself have. In fact after a doctor decided that the ruptured... more info
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A paradoxical attack on paradoxical dogma 
Everything you know about addiction is wrong. Heroin is not addictive--it takes a lot of hard work to become addicted to it--and withdrawal is, at most, mildly uncomfortable. Addicts do not commit crimes to buy drugs to avoid withdrawal; raher, those already criminal tend to become addicts. Why? Because of their bad ideas about how to live, ideas which percolated from middle-class intellectuals to lower-class petty criminals. In particular, Mill's view that all authority (including teachers' and cops') is... more info
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