{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tarcherperigee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901711782162,"sku":"9781585423187","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b774522d-de28-4fe1-8cdc-49398031712c.jpg?v=1738436480","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/saying-yes-9781585423187","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}