{"product_id":"saying-yes-paperback","title":"Saying Yes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacob Sullum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob Sullum is the author of \u003ci\u003eFor Your Own Good\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Anti-Smoking Crusade\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTyranny of Public Health\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a senior editor at Reason and a syndicated columnist with Creator's Syndicate. Sullum's weekly column appears in newspapers across the country. His work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eCigar Aficionado\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.18 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47355618033913,"sku":"9781585423187","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/o_taKZsG2p9781585423187.webp?v=1769854304","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/saying-yes-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}